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

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.

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