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Despite increasing investment in welfare programs, few employees feel supported by the mental illness and mental health permit programs, and they are not sure if they can really take time without consequences, according to a July 10 report on Team Software.
While 39% of workers said they had spent a day of mental health, only 10% were comfortable with their employer in this regard and received a positive response. Another 19% have disguised their mental health days as a day of physical illness, and 11% told the truth to their businessman, but he felt fired or not supported.
“This silence often leads to the secret,” according to the report. “The result? A culture where fear does not trust, shapes how time is asked.”
In a survey of 1,000 American workers, 42% said they have exaggerated physical symptoms to justify health time for their mental health, including two thirds of Z generation workers and half of millennials. Beyond that, 22% of Z -gene employees said they have completely lied to physical symptoms to take a day of mental health.
The report found that generational attitudes on mental health add another aspect to the sick leave dilemma. During the last year, 86% of Z -gene workers said they have experienced stress or burns that adversely affected their productivity, compared to 36% of baby boomers and 61% of employees in general.
In addition, older generations were less likely to recognize the need for a mental health day, with 55% of baby boomers who have never needed, compared to 14% of Z. gene.
“The data point to a cultural change still underway, where younger workers recognize psychological tension, but they still do not trust their workplace to treat it as valid,” according to the report.
The hidden costs of inadequate disease low disease policies are increased, the report found, with higher turnover, higher health claims and lower productivity. One third of the workers said they experienced brain fog or a lack of focus from excessive work, as well as physical illness, sleep problems, anxiety or panic attacks, bad eating habits and drops in their work performance.
Above all, 35% said they worked with a disease, only to get sick -and they need to waste longer. The report, on the other hand, found that the right illness policies lead to better morality, withholding and performance of employees.
“In the story of these statistics, illness is not a perk provided by the employer. It is ultimately a structural need. Safeguarding both personal and business continuity,” according to the report. “Until clear, generous and stigma -free policies becoming the norm, the true cost of the sick days will continue to overcome the time sheets, but in the hidden debits of lost burning, turnover and potential.”
