Employees in Switzerland increasingly stressed at work

The proportion of people in Switzerland who feel stressed at work has increased by 5% over ten years, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) has reported. According to the FSO's Swiss Health Survey, published on Thursday, the number of stressed employees rose from 18% to 23% between 2012 and 2022. In 2022, 25% of employed women and 21% of employed men stated that they usually or always experienced stress at work. + Read more: does your job take up too much space in your life? Work-related stress was most common in the healthcare and social services sector, where 29% of respondents said they were stressed. A quarter of women surveyed worked in this sector. In addition, in 2022, 47% of men and 43% of women were exposed to at least three out of ten possible physical risks at work, according to the survey. Adapted from German by DeepL/kp,dos How we work This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most ...