Stress, acquired both on and off the job, costs U.S. employers an estimated $200 billion a year in reduced productivity, accidents, compensation claims, absenteeism, employee turnover, health insurance, and medical expenses.
According to Occupational Health and Safety News, The American Institute of Stress and the National Council on Compensation Insurance (U.S.A.):
- Over 50% of lost work days are stress-related which keeps about 1 million people per day from attending work.
- 14% of workers say stress caused them to quit or change jobs in the previous two years.
- Up to 75% - 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints and disorders.
- Up to 80% of industrial accidents are due to stress.
Stress accounts for $26 billion in medical and disability payments and $95 billion in lost productivity per year. - Economists refer to slack productivity from ailing workers as "presenteeism," and the Cornell study said it might cost employers even more than absenteeism because of illness.
Exuberant Force! tackles the source, by providing customized care to companies and their individual employees to reduce their stress and improve overall well-being. The resultant healthier employee delivers bottom line results throughout the company including:
- Improved Time Management Efficiency and Productivity
- Reduced Overall Employee Healthcare Benefit Cost
- Reduced Worker Compensation Claims
- Reduced Absenteeism
- Reduced Presenteeism
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