From the nerve-racking presidential election year to our in-limbo economy, the U.S. workforce already has a lot weighing on their minds as 2024’s baggage carries over into 2025. With office burnout also crippling laborers at an alarmingly increasing rate, employers must continue taking employee mental health as seriously as their profit goals. 

Data released by insurance company Aflac revealed that 59% of employees are facing moderate to high burnout, and that three in four workers battling moderate stress at work. There’s also been a higher number of burnt-out employees taking mental health-related leaves of absence. According to ComPsych, the mental health and absence management service, absences have increased by 300% from 2017 to 2023.

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