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Running on empty | Burnout & stress costing the UK economy £28bn a year

Burnout & stress costing the UK economy £28bn a year

A whopping £28billion was lost to workplace stress and burnout last year, a new report has found.

The height of the pandemic ushered in heightened awareness of the alarming burnout levels in the UK, and new data and economic modelling from AXA UK and Centre for Business and Economic Research (Cebr) has laid bare the financial impact the businesses are facing when their employees are worked to breaking point.

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