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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

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According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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The sun never sets on the English Empire, nor does it set on yours.

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The American contingent had a myopic focus on careers. They had the sense that if they let up on the career front just a little bit, someone would take their spot in line. Presenteeism. ” Service, clerical and other office occupations showed a particularly high degree of presenteeism.