High Employee Absentism & Health Care Costs
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine reports that health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report high levels of stress and many studies suggest that stress is a byproduct of a conflicted work environment. Stress has seen a 316% increase as a reason for absenteeism since 1995.
And in a study of 50,000 Canadian employees nationwide, Health Canada found that "the greater the number of sources of stress reported in the social environment at work, the greater the likelihood of reporting more than10 days off as a result of ill health.” (Health Canada, Workplace Health System, no.3, 1998)
Other consequences of increased conflict-related stresses include greater incidence of substance abuse, heart problems, back problems, cancers, mental health problems, greater incidence of workplace injury and much higher incidence of interpersonal conflict. (Health Canada, Best Advice on Stress Risk Management in the Workplace, 2000).
For example, “Employees who report the following sources of stress are more likely than others to be absent for six or more days...interpersonal relations; job control; and management practices” (Health Canada, Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle
Research Institute. Workplace Health System, no.3.1998)
So if lingering, unresolved conflict is resulting in unnecessary abesenteeism within your organization's workforce, If so,
remember that it doesn't have to be that way! Conflict Management Services can help your organization identify and more constructively manage conflict so that your employees are more willing and able to engage, rather than disengage,
from one another and the workplace.
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