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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

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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Protecting Employees from Burning Out: Wellness in the Workplace

HR Digest

According to WellSteps , the cost of “presenteeism,” or poor productivity despite being at work, costs 2-3 times more than what one might spend on direct health care expenses. USD as a result of lower employee absenteeism for every $1 USD they spend on wellness programs.

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HR’s role in managing pandemic-related burnout

HR Digest

Research shows that lost productivity from presenteeism (i.e., times greater than productivity loss from absenteeism. Company HR people need to interact with team leaders to inform and educate them about burnout and what needs to be done to spot it and handle it. working when sick or burned out) is 7.5 It’s a lose/lose situation.

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From Burnout to Balance: Nurturing Mental Health in the Workplace

HR Digest

A healthy workforce is less likely to experience absenteeism, presenteeism (when employees come to work but are not fully productive due to illness or stress), and work-related injuries or illnesses. Promoting an organization’s mental health can, therefore, lead to improved productivity and better overall performance.

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

CO2

Presenteeism. companies, the Chicago Daily Herald found that “‘presenteeism’–showing up for work but performing at subpar levels because of physical or emotional health reasons–accounted for about 63 percent of wasted worker productivity, and absenteeism explains the rest.”

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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

 I can think of few, if any, employee wellness issues that have such a direct and measurable impact on an organization's performance as the absenteeism (and presenteeism) resulting from influenza. .  All that said, the health and wellness of your workforce can have a major impact on your organization's performance.

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How Counseling About Work Reduces Depression

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes this occurs when people call out sick; at other times, it’s due to what’s called presenteeism , defined as “the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning.”