Stress top absence cause for one in six employers

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Stress is a bigger absence problem for businesses than acute medical conditions such as cancer, Group Risk Development (Grid) has found.

New research from the trade body for the group risk industry, has, found stress-related mental ill health is the most common cause of long-term absence, of over four weeks, for almost one in six employers (15%). This is the second highest cause of absence behind home and family issues (20%), and is even ahead of acute medical conditions such as heart attacks or cancer. Tellingly, the problem of stress seems to be worse in the public sector, with 27% of public sector employers citing this as their main cause of absence compared with 13% in the private sector. Following a year of bud...

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