Good and Bad Labor Day News!
The positive news on this annual US Holiday is that we have
2,900,000 more Americans working than 2 years ago and the unemployment rate has
dropped 3.5% points to level out at 4.9% as of August 2016.
However, 36% of US workers still are suffering work stress related
illnesses costing an estimated $40,000,000,000 in lost work day productivity.
Work stress also plays a role in the 53% of workers who say they are “Unhappy”
at their current job which could be supported by the fact that over 50% of
workers have jobs at places that do not offer workplace health programs.
Whatever the reasons, there is a lot of needless stress
being absorbed by US workers. As the economy improves, we do have more people
working, but there are also more ill workers that need good health advice and
support.
Hopefully, the proliferation of inexpensive “on-line” health
promoting websites can absorb some of the need. And smaller companies, that
traditionally do not provide health care insurance, will brainstorm ideas to
help their workers deal with these challenges.
Come see us at www.stressless.com
