Toxic Work Culture: 8.5 lakh people are dying every year due to toxic work culture, offices are becoming ‘killers’ – Rip

International Labor Organization Report: In today’s time, both employed people and unemployed people are troubled due to some reason or the other. Working people are struggling with increasing work stress, long hours and job stress. Be it office or work from home, mental fatigue is becoming a common problem. A recent report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) shows that this stress is now having a serious impact on the health of millions of people around the world.

More than 8 lakh 40 thousand people die every year

According to the new report of ILO, every year more than 8 lakh 40 thousand people across the world die due to work-related psychosocial risks. These risks include problems like long working hours, job uncertainty and office harassment. This report titled ‘The Psychosocial Working Environment: Global Developments and Pathways for Action’ states that these risks are linked to heart disease, mental distress and even suicide.

The report also says that this problem is not only affecting the health of employees but also the productivity of organizations and the global economy. About 45 million DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) are lost every year and about 1.37 percent of global GDP is affected due to these causes.

What are the recommendations of ILO?

• Creating better policy and regulatory framework
• Creating a safe and healthy environment at work
• Strengthening employee participation and collective organization
• Paying attention to aspects such as workload, control and justice

What is the solution?

To deal with this problem, better coordination between the government and industry is necessary, so that the right policies can be made and implemented. Also, monitoring and regular evaluation should be increased at the workplace, so that the problems of the employees can be understood in time. The most important thing is that the workplace should be safe and balanced, so that both the mind and body of the employees remain healthy.