More than 1million workers in the UK are likely to resign in the next year due to illness or poor mental health, a damning study suggests.
The fragility of the workforce provides a ‘direct challenge’ to the Government’s ambition to grow the economy and boost living standards, the Work Foundation warns.
Researchers found the results are ‘particularly concerning’ among younger workers, where there is a risk a new generation will be ‘scarred by unemployment and economic inactivity’.
The Foundation’s experts, based at Lancaster University, analysed polling data on 3,796 workers across the UK on their health and employment.
They found one in 17 (6 per cent) believe they will leave their job in the next 12 months due to their health, with these employees seeking a role that is less stressful or quitting the workforce altogether.
