Too tired for friends and family A third of employees feel permanently exhausted

Stress has become the biggest problem in the world of work in recent years. According to a survey, exhaustion is on the rise. One in three employees is affected.

The proportion of employees who are permanently exhausted is at an all-time high, at around a third of all employees. This is shown by the "Good Work Barometer", an annual survey conducted by the employee umbrella organization Travail.Suisse and the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Around 1,400 people between the ages of 16 and 64 from the working population in Switzerland were surveyed online for the "Good Work Barometer".

An overwhelming majority of 84.2 percent of employees are occasionally too exhausted after work to take care of private or family matters. For more than one in three, this is even often or very often the case, which for Travail.Suisse is tantamount to permanent exhaustion.

"Combating stress must become an absolute political priority," demanded Travail.Suisse Vice-President and National Councillor Léonore Porchet (Greens/VD).

Health restrictions are a burden

The "Good Work Barometer" also shed light on the situation of employees with health restrictions. According to the survey, one in three people are affected by such restrictions, and around half of them feel limited in their work as a result.

It was striking that even among employees who felt severely restricted, more than two thirds had not had their work or workplace adapted, Travail.Suisse noted. As a result, employees with health restrictions consistently rate the quality of working conditions worse than their healthy colleagues.

"A further training offensive is needed"

In contrast, positive developments can be seen in the area of further training. For example, employers are showing greater commitment to promoting further training - albeit with major differences depending on the size of the company and the level of employment of the employees.

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Progress has been made, particularly with regard to crediting training to working hours. According to Travail.Suisse, however, the proportion of costs covered by employers has not changed. Almost half of all employees receive no or only partial financial support for their further training efforts.

"A further training offensive is needed, and support for direct and indirect costs must be expanded," demanded Adrian Wüthrich, President of Travail.Suisse.

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