According to Colonial Life, this is killing the employees' morale and productivity in the workplace — and also costing employers billions in the process which has also been proved by the Canadian Policy Research Networks that stress-related absences cost employers about $3.5 billion each year (Duxbury and Higgins 2001). 

Some key findings are:

• Overall employee stress levels “have risen nearly 20% in three decades”.

• 76% of respondents said workplace stress “had a negative impact on their personal relationships”.

• 66% have lost sleep due to work-related stress.

• 16% have quit jobs because stress became too overwhelming.

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...what can we do to prevent it?