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Stress at work

By Gladeana McMahan (September 2008 Issue)
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Stress has legal as well as financial implications for organisations and causes considerable distress to individuals (Clarke, Cooper 2003). The Confederation of British Industry's 2006/07 Self-reported Work-Related Illness Study states that 530,000 individuals believed they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill and the CBI estimated that 20 per cent of sick employees accounted for 80 per cent of a company's health costs.

Stress coaching is now used as a way of helping individuals return to work more quickly and avoid relapse.

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