Job or workplace factors, such as job satisfaction, support from managers or feeling isolated will exert their own influence on productivity via mental and/or physical health. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Workplace productivity owes a lot to the health, both physical and mental, of its employees and the support the employer provides to employees.
That's according to a new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Educational Medicine by researchers from Vitality Group, in partnership with Cambridge University and Charles University, which finds that health-related issues cause employees to lose the equivalent of 31.2 working days each year.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
