Work/life balance beats stress or mental health as business threat - Grid

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Stress and mental health have taken a back seat as UK bosses worry most about employee's work/life balance Group Risk Development (GRiD) has said.

A survey, by the trade body for the group risk industry, survey of 500 employers with 5-1000 employees, found that maintaining a good work/life balance ranked as the top health issue for more than 1 in 5 employers (21%). This is ahead of stress and mental health issues (19%) - currently cited as the most common cause for workplace absence. The results suggest employers appreciate a long hours culture can lead to problems with morale and could increase stress related absence in the longer term. Interestingly, 32% of employers suggest that their absence rate has improved over the las...

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