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Feeling stressed? The facts behind illness in the workplace

Work-related stress, anxiety and depression accounts for 18% of sick days,
finds ESRI

   Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 08:40 Updated: Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 08:41
   Mark Hilliard
   Work-related stress, anxiety and depression accounts for nearly one in
   every five sick days, according to new research. Photograph: iStock

   Work-related stress, anxiety and depression accounts for nearly one in
   every five sick days, according to new research. Photograph: iStock

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   A female teacher, aged between 35 and 54 years and working long hours
   is the most likely type of person to suffer from stress and depression,
   according to new research dissecting illness in the workplace.

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   50 per cent.

   This is followed by work-related stress, anxiety and depression (SAD)
   at 18 per cent.

   The research, published on Thursday, found the average length of
   absence in 2013 was 17 days for stress, anxiety and depression and 15.9
   days for MSD. The average duration for all other types of work related
   illness was 12.8 days.