Whitepaper: Capita Workplace Wellness 2019

Capita Employee Benefits’ ‘Workplace Wellness Report 2019’ reveals the latest snapshot of employee wellbeing, and all is not good.

The research finds 79% of employees say they have felt stressed in the last year, with nearly half (47%) now admitting it is ‘normal’ to feel stress and anxiety at work.

Such is the low ebb employees have reached, it finds 43% of employees have sought professional help for a mental health issue, while 45% have actually considered quitting their job because of the stress they regularly suffer.

The report covers physical, mental and financial wellness, and on the latter area, it finds:

• Nearly a quarter of employees (22%) struggle to make ends meet each month
• A third (33%) have lost sleep worrying about their finances
• 19% have to borrow money regularly to meet just their day-to-day living costs