Mental health | The top reasons for stress in the workplace

As many employees return to work and embark on a brand new year, it is likely that they will set foot into the office and pick up the workplace sack of stress that they left behind before Christmas.

Recent research from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed that nearly 600,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety last year. And, these figures transcended into 15.4million lost working days and wealth of lost productivity.

The survey of 1,247 Brits found that excessive workload was the biggest cause of work-related stress accounting for 84% of employee worries.

Seventy-nine per cent found that unrealistic expectations and the continuous need to impress bosses was the second biggest source of the problem, while 72% said that a poor work-life balance was the root cause.