Statistics

Troubled employees work at 50-70% of their potential production.
~ Atkinson, 2001

Senior management's interest in employees' well-being is the most important driver of employee engagement.
~ The 2003 Tower Perrin, Talent Report - Canada

"We believe business must advance the cause of mental health for business reasons...it is good for our customers, our suppliers, and our employees whose wellbeing we are fundamentally interested in."
~ Hershell Ezrin, CEO of GPC International

"Mental health disorders represent the greatest business and public health challenge of the 21st century. We must understand that. And in a hurry."
~ Bob Lord, Chairman of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Employees experiencing high work/life conflict have absenteeism rates three times those of employees with low work/life conflict.
~ Duxbury, Higgings: "Work-Life Balance in the New Millennium: Where Are We? Where Do We Need to Go?", 2001

A recent study by compensation consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide found the estimated direct cost of absenteeism to business is 7.1 per cent of the payroll, up from 5.6 per cent in 1997. Again, stress-related disorders accounted for the lion's share. In 2000, the only year studied, there was an additional 10 per cent indirect cost for overtime, replacement personnel and loss of productivity.
~ The Globe and Mail, July 15, 2002

42 percent of Canadians in our national survey reported that workplace stress has a negative effect on how well they perform their jobs.
~ Canadian Mental Health Association, 1999

Canadians mention work/job (45%) as their greatest cause of stress.
~ Ipsos-Reid, 2000

"Depression is the leading source of disability in Canada at a rate slightly higher than the world average."
~ Bill Wilkerson, Business and Economic Roundtable on Mental Health

 

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