Italy: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention sounds the alarm on rising stress at work

Stress at work is becoming one of the main dangers to workers’ health: 43% of employees have psychosocial unrest on the workplace. This is the observation of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention (Instituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro - ISPESL) during its 11th National Forum on the “Promotion of health at work” in Rome on February 16.
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ccupational Safety and Prevention (Instituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro – ISPESL) during its 11th National Forum on the “Promotion of health at work” in Rome on February 16.

Stress figures. In Italy, out of 10 million employees who say that their work is impacting their health, over 4 million are talking about mental health, as opposed to 8 million about physical health. Women (5.4%) are more affected by stress at work than men (4.1%), especially in the health and civ

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