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nearly half of the professional services
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workforce is stressed which is causing
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significant financial impacts on UK
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businesses this is according to a new
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report walking on Earth's new report
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focuses on typically highpaying high
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intensity environments across the
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finance legal and technology sectors it
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revealed that 45% of those people they
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surveyed are either highly stressed or
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feeling stressed frequently the findings
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were clear to point out that stress is
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not just a concern for well-being but
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for business risks due to a lost working
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days or compliance issues according to
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the report stress amongst employees has
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cost some British businesses more than4
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million pounds a year this stems from
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people not showing up to work which
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costes UK businesses nearly 1,400 per
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person yearly however the cost for those
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people who do show up to work but are
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unable to function are even higher at
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1,900 points per employee the data
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revealed that employees who are highly
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stressed are eight times more likely to
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take sick days than employees who
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reported low stress and highly stressed
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staff are nearly four times more likely
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to resign the research did note that 12%
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of the entire professional services
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workforce is at risk of compliance
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violation due to the high stress now
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within the professional services sectors
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those who work in law had a higher
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stress levels with 52% of those surveys
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affected another new report today by
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Bright Horizon's Family Solutions
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revealed that over a third of parents in
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the legal sector reported highest stress
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levels compared to the other
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professional services the founder and
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CEO of Walking on Earth Reva Mistra said
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"For too long employee stress has been
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seen as a HR issue rather than a
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financial and operational risk." She
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expressed that the smartest strategies
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prevention embedding stress management
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into the core of the business risk
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planning using science-driven solutions
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that protect both employees and the
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bottom line we at Citym would like to
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know how do you manage work stress let
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us know your thoughts in the comments
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