Stressed out

Job-related stress is the top causes of stress common worldwide, among Filipino workers. and many countries The Federation of have reported elevated stress levels Free Workers said the stress builds among workers during the COVID up as the six-month deadline for pandemic. There is additional cause automatic regularization approaches. for worry in the Philippines, however, While pandemic restrictions have as an international survey showed been relaxed in the Philippines, that in Southeast Asia, Filipinos are workers still face the risk of catching the most stressed at work. COVID and infecting other members

The 2022 State of the Global Workplace of the household. Workers must also Report prepared by analytics contend anew with pre-pandemic firm Gallup showed stress among causes of stress, such as long hours workers worldwide hitting another stuck in traffic. The continuing fuel record high last year compared to the price surge, which is keeping many start of the pandemic in 2021. While public utility vehicles off the streets, worry, sadness and anger among has also made commuting a nightmare. workers declined last year from their Worldwide, healthcare workers all-time high in 2020, the global levels have been among the most stressed remained higher than before the in the past two years. Decades before pandemic. the pandemic, the World Health

Stress among Filipino workers is Organization was already urging down by three points, but the 50 percent governments, educators and other in the 2022 survey is higher than professionals as well as civic groups the global average, and the highest to implement measures to prevent within the Association of Southeast mental, neurological and psychosocial Asian Nations. Thailand followed the disorders among HCWs. Philippines with 41 percent of workThe Philippines has passed Republic ers reporting stress. The figure was Act 11036, the Mental Health 38 percent in Cambodia, 37 percent Act, with the implementing rules in MyanmarA,C 3 T 5S i9n:1–V4i,e1t0n–a1m8 , 34 in and regulations releJa U s N edE 2i8n January SingaporeE,v3e2ryionnLe  awohso,  2c7alilsn  oMn  athlaey  nsaima e  of  2th0e1  9L.orTdh     e 2022 Global Workplace and 20 percent will  be  saved.  [  ACTS  2:21 in Indonesia. ] Report highlights the importance of The Gallup Work Poll was conducted fully implementing the law. Reducing

REDEMPTION’S  HOPE from 2021 to early 2022. Reacting stress in the workplace enhances to the report, organized labor said productivity and is critical in postpandemic low wages and contractual work were economic recovery.