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Stress Statistics
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 Stress in the workplace is increasing
- 1 in 3 adults suffers from moderate to extreme stress. (ABS National Health Survey 2001/ Grant Thornton IBOS Survey 2004)
- This represents an increase of nearly 40% in just 4 years. (ABS National Health Survey 2001)
Stress in the workplace costs money- Stress-related workers compensation claims have increased by 400% in the last 10 years. (WorkCover SHM June 04).
- The payout costs have doubled in the last 6 years. (Vic WorkCover Hugh Keller @bdw July 04)
- Average claim costs, in NSW in 2000, were over $23,000 each. (WorkCover SMH June 04)
- The total cost of Australian workplace stress, is now estimated to be $1.2 billion pa. (ACTU Bill Mansfield May 2000)
Stress not only costs in terms of compensation claims, but also in lost productivity- Work-related stress accounts for the longest stretches of absenteeism. (National Health and Safety Commission, Better Health Channel Vic Gov July 04)
- The average NSW claimant, takes over 20 weeks off work, a year. (WorkCover SHM June 04)
The stress problem is even bigger than these figures show- GPs report that less than half of the work-related symptoms presented to them, receive workers compensation. (University of Sydney & the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2000)
- The World Health Organisation lists stress at work, as one of the top ten key determinants of poor health, and urges the OHS community to take action. (WHO: The Solid Facts, Professor Michael Marmot 2000 ref ACTU).
Stress in the workplace is the employer's responsibility- Profit (budgeting) and dealing with high customer expectations are listed as some of the biggest causes of stress here in Australia. (Grant Thornton IBOS Survey 2004)
- The Occupational Health & Safety Act, 1983, states that stress management in the workplace is the employers responsibility.
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