Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2015

Sometimes this occurs when people call out sick; at other times, it’s due to what’s called presenteeism , defined as “the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Thus, when workplace wellness is viewed holistically without ignoring or undervaluing the total return on wellness beyond reduced claim expenses, companies can expect reduced absenteeism and presenteeism, greater employee engagement and productivity, less unscheduled paid time off, fewer workers’ comp claims, greater employee retention, increased (..)

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Physical, behavioral and mental health issues such as obesity, hypertension, smoking, depression, anxiety, poor sleep, and alcohol dependence can create costs for employers through higher medical claims, reduced employee productivity and performance, absenteeism, presenteeism, and short-term disability.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The Intel-led effort in Portland, Oregon, chose uncomplicated, lower-back pain as an initial priority because the condition was a significant direct cost to Intel, inflicted significant suffering on its employees and their families, caused a great deal of absenteeism and presenteeism, and the care being provided did not appear to be efficient, standardized, (..)

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HR Digest

MARCH 26, 2024

According to WellSteps , the cost of “presenteeism,” or poor productivity despite being at work, costs 2-3 times more than what one might spend on direct health care expenses. USD as a result of lower employee absenteeism for every $1 USD they spend on wellness programs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

In October, 2004, Harvard Business Review published an article entitled "Presenteeism: At Work — But Out of It." But what he missed was the real 800-lb gorilla of presenteeism: untreated sleep-disordered breathing. Hemp wrote about the enervating effects of depression, arthritis, back pain, headaches, heartburn, and more.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

According to a report from the Milken Institute, direct medical costs combined with ill health-induced absenteeism and "presenteeism" — which is when employees manage to show up for work but are less productive — costs American businesses more than $1.3 and absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73.". trillion per year.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

That’s more than an eightfold return on investment. All we have to do is break the ice, face the elephant in the room, and start talking openly about mental health in the workplace — but as I learned last summer, it’s not as easy as it sounds.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

But even beyond that payoff in health, the study found a comparable payoff in productivity: For every dollar spent on wellness programs, the companies’ absenteeism-related costs fell about $2.73. They attributed those losses both to absenteeism and to “presenteeism,” when employees come to work too unwell to do their jobs.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

According to Harvard Business Review, the cost of this behavior, known as “presenteeism,” may reach up to $150 billion a year. The study introduces “presenteeism pressure”the expectation that workers should always show up, no matter their conditionand provides a tool, the Presenteeism Pressure Scale, to measure it.

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