Reaching the top of your career has become an unspoken rule in today’s corporate world‘tell me‘You have to work day and night. People have to sacrifice their sleep and social life for this. But this endless race is over‘In, everyone is starting to think about it now. According to a recent study, excessive work pressure and toxic office environment are not only leading to mental fatigue but also premature death.
International Labor Organization (ILO).‘According to a report, more than 840,000 people die worldwide every year due to various psychological and social stressors at work. About 840,088 people die each year due to overwork, discrimination, job insecurity, long hours and harassment. This has resulted in an annual financial loss of around 1.37 percent of gross domestic product or GDP to the global economy.
According to the report, most of these deaths are due to heart disease. Excessive work stress kills 7,83,694 people every year due to diseases like stroke and heart attack. About 56,394 people died from illnesses such as mental retardation or depression. Of course, it’s not just death that causes people to lose working years of their healthy lives due to mental illness.
ILO‘It said that faulty office management, overwork, lack of freedom in decision making, lack of clarity of responsibilities, emotional abuse and low pay or recognition compared to hard work are leading to employee deaths.
Research shows that around 35 percent of employees worldwide work more than 48 hours a week. But according to health experts, working 55 hours a week or more is very dangerous for the body. To look at it geographically c‘The situation in Le Asia is most alarming. According to 2019 data, about 47 percent of employees in the Asia and Pacific region work more than 48 hours a week. Moreover, typical private or unorganized sector employees are forced to work longer hours than those in government or large organizations. The pressure on workers is particularly high in wholesale and retail trade, transport, communication and manufacturing.
Along with physical illness, mental and physical harassment in the workplace has become a major problem. Around 23 percent of employees worldwide have experienced some form of harassment. 18 percent of these employees are victims of emotional abuse. Physical abuse and sexual abuse accounted for 9 percent and 6 percent of employees, respectively. Women in particular are many times more victims of sexual violence than men‘need
According to the ILO, governments and various organizations must work together to overcome this dire situation. These psychological hazards in the workplace must be covered by occupational safety and health measures and must be strictly controlled. In addition, important recommendations are made for organizations to review workload, recruit necessary staff, properly distribute work, set work deadlines, and create a safe and effective channel for reporting employee grievances.