Stress and burnout through work is a major issue

Stress and burnout through work is a major issue
In particular, the public sector is plagued by ' total burnout '. Now the municipalities have started binding agreements to counteract stress.

In order to reduce the number of stressed employees are local government own Association, at, therefore in the process of drawing up a set of rules that will commit future 109 new municipalities to prevent stress among employees.

The head of a Stress clinic i, confirms that especially many public servants are tormented by total burnout.

The clinic has existed for six years and treated more than 2,000 people for stress symptoms. Of these was the 50» totally burnt out ', and hence was the 46 public servants.

» We lack specific knowledge about why so many public servants are in this group, but it can hang with the fact that it is easier to sit for a long time with stress symptoms in a public duties.

The rules, which are under preparation in KL, is an offshoot of a common EU-initiative to ensure a better working environment and less stress among employees in all Member countries. The EU Commission has estimated that WRS costs upwards of 90 billion pounds per year across the EU.