More than €100 billion a year: The cost of work-related stress in the EU
A study conducted by the European Trade Union Institute assessed the cost of cardiovascular disease and depressive disorders attributed to five psychosocial risks.
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A study conducted by the European Trade Union Institute assessed the cost of cardiovascular disease and depressive disorders attributed to five psychosocial risks.
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00:05More than 100 billion euros a year.
00:08That's the cost of work-related depression in the European Union,
00:12according to a study published on Monday by the European Trade Union Institute.
00:16The think tank identifies five psychological risks at the root of this mental illness.
00:21Stress at work, long working hours, job insecurity,
00:25imbalance between effort and reward, and moral harassment.
00:28These risks can have tragic consequences, according to available data dating back to 2015.
00:39We estimated that the death toll again in 2015 for the whole EU 28 countries
00:47was approximately 6,000 of coronary heart diseases,
00:53which were attributable to psychosocial risks exposure,
00:56and over 5,000 deaths due to suicide caused by depression,
01:05attributable to five different factors, psychosocial risk factors.
01:12In the same year, more than 400,000 lives were lost due to cardiovascular disease
01:17and depression caused by these work-related psychosocial risks, according to the report.
01:22Deaths that could be avoided, the study's authors say.
01:27France, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands are the five most affected countries
01:32in terms of cost per 100,000 workers, a cost passed on to society.
01:37So for both diseases, we found that the highest burden was for employees, but also for employers.
01:46And in particular, with the cost of depression, we see that we can estimate that over 80% of the total cost
01:58of depression attributable to psychosocial risks at work in 2015 in Europe,
02:05it was paid by employers due to lack of productivity and decrease in productivity caused by sickness, absence, and presentism.
02:18Sometimes employees are indeed present at work, but ill or exhausted and therefore underperforming,
02:24which ultimately costs the company.
02:25The European Trade Union Institute therefore calls on the European Commission to present a text
02:30to prevent these psychosocial risks, a text which should also guide employers.