Staff think employers don’t care about stress

Work-related stress now accounts for more than one third of all new incidences of ill health, with each case leading to an average loss of 30.9 working days. To help benefit managers and HR professionals deal with employee stress, the provider is launching a website, www.stressworkitout.com. James Glover, member services director at HealthSure, says: “It is very worrying to see that such a high percentage of employees don’t think that their employer cares about how stressed they are.