October 31, 2017
Dallas – Workers want their employers to offer assistance in coping with work-related stress, according to a new report from the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable.
Researchers from AHA’s Center for Workplace Health Research and Evaluation used three methods to gauge employee perception of stress and resilience programs, as well as program effectiveness: data from existing studies, a Harris Poll online survey of 1,001 adults who work at organizations with at least 25 employees that offer a health plan, and four case studies of employers that offer resilience programs.
In the Harris Poll results, more than three-quarters of employees said they consider resiliency programs at least somewhat valuable, but only 25 percent said their employers offer them. Results also show that of the workers whose employers offer a resilience program, 80 percent reported using the programs, and 73 percent said their health improved as a result.
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