• The annual cost of work time lost to stress in Canada is $12 billion
• Employee absenteeism, due to stress in 2004 increased over 316% over the previous decade
• 40% of worker turnover is due to job stress. Source: Statistics Canada(2004)

• 34% of Canadians with health plans agree with the statement: "Workplace stress has been so overwhelming that it has made me physically ill at times."
• 41% of Canadians say that their employer does not do nearly enough to help them manage stress at work. Source: Gallop Poll, 2001

• Workers who reported a high degree of stress balancing their work and family life missed 7.2 days of work each year, while those who reported very little stress only missed an average of 3.6 days. Source: Conference Board of Canada

Impact of Job Stress on the Employee

• 26% of employees report that they are "often" or “very often” burned out or severely stressed at their work. Source: The Families and Work Institute

• 58% of Canadians report “overload” associated with their many roles - work, home and family, friends, physical health, volunteer and community service. Source: Work-Life Compendium 2001, Centre for Families, Work and Well-being, Guelph University

Contributing Factors

• Executives and managers tend to have the most stressful jobs. Source: American Psychological Association (APA Survey 2004)

• Women in managerial and professional positions are at the highest risk of burnout, (37% versus 33% of women in other positions). Source: Health Canada

• Chronic daily stresses rather than unique critical life events are regarded as central factors in producing burnout. Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

• Over the past decade, the average Canadian work week increased from 42 to 45 hours per week
• 40% employees work more than 50 hours per week, compared to 25% in 1990.Source: Shepell-fgi, 2008

• 65% of workers said that workplace stress had caused them difficulties and 10% described these as major
• Half of all workers frequently skip lunch because of the stress of job demands
• Over 50% say they often spend 12 hours a day on work-related duties
• 62% routinely end the day with work-related neck pain
• 34% reported sleeping problems because they were too stressed out. Source: Integra Realty Resources US Survey, 2000

• Emotional distress and mental illness account for 20-30% of all employee absenteeism and industrial accidents, and mental or emotional problems at work exceeded physical causes as the primary reason for worker absenteeism for the first time ever in 1998.
• Job-stress and stress-related illnesses costs the Canadian economy $5 billion a year. Source: Canadian Mental Health Association

Sources:

Building the High Performance Workforce report, (2007), The Corporate Leadership Council

Three Hallmarks of a Career Position (1998), The Harvard Professional Group, http://www.harvardpro.com/careerjobs5a.htm.

Maximizing the Impact of Executive Coaching: Behavioural Change, Organizational Outcomes and Return on Investment , (2001), The Manchester Review Volume 6, no.1

Executive Coaching as a Transfer of Training Tool: Effects on Productivity in a Public Agency (1997) Public Personnel Management, (1997), Journal, Vol. 26

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