Healthy and happy employees are essential! Are yours?

Recent research shows that over 70% of the working population are experiencing negative stress which often results in poor mental and physical well-being.

Stress can travel between home and the workplace. Problems and challenges that employees may be facing in their home environment cannot easily be switched off and get transferred from their personal life into the workplace. The impact of stressors such as financial difficulties, relationship breakdown, drugs and alcohol issues can impact severely on employees and others. Conversely, work stressors can be taken into the home and can impact family life.

Prolonged stress causes employees to experience health problems, which include high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and lowered immunity. They feel over-whelmed and unable to cope. They lose concentration and often can't perform their duties competently. They become easily irritated and anxious that can lead to depression and even burnout or breakdown.

This can have a direct impact on the bottom line for the company as productivity is lost with absent employees.