Consider this...
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"The effects of workplace related stress are no surprise to today's employers. A 1992 UN report called job stress - The
20th Century Epidemic"
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"The World Heath Organization called job stress a "World Wide Epidemic."
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"The National Science Foundation reports that over 30% of American adults experience enough daily stress to impact their
performance at home or at work."
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"The American Institute for stress has implicated stress as the cause of nearly 90% of doctor visits in the U.S. The
total annual costs of stress to the average employer are staggering."
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"According to the US Dept of Labor, two thirds of reported cases of occupational stress are experience by white collar
workers, and repetitive stress injuries have risen 1000% in the past 14 years. These claims carry with them an estimated average
expense exceeding $14,000 per company"
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