'Wellbeing timebomb' | UK staff pulling longer hours & taking fewer sick days

New research has found that UK staff are pulling longer hours and taking fewer sick days in what could be described as a ‘wellbeing timebomb’.

Shockingly, new statistics have revealed that two in five (43%) staff members say that their wellbeing is ‘less than good’, with 34% stating that they carried on working even when they didn’t feel well.

In fact, and worryingly for the HR function, just 26% of staff agreed that their employer is genuinely concerned about wellbeing – something which could cause problems in the workforce if left unmanaged.

In addition to this, the research – which was published in Aviva’s Embracing the Age of Ambiguity report – shed light on employer-employee relationships.