Stress top health risk: Canadian Employers

According to a survey canadian employers identify work-related stress as the biggest threat to their employees' well-being, with more than 78 per cent reporting it as their top "health risk concern".

Only 32.3 per cent of those organization surveyed offeredStress Management programs to employees.

Ed Buffett, chief executive officer of Buffett & Co., said it is encouraging that so many employers offer employee assistance programs. However, such programs are "more reactive than preventive," he said.

Flexible work arrangements and the option of working from home on occasion also "go a long way" toward easing stress by allowing employees to choose when and how they work, Mr. Buffett said.