Almost 13% of employees are at their wit’s end because of their work. Experts are campaigning for the recognition of burnout as an occupational disease.
More than one in 10 employees would be the victim of psychological exhaustion linked to work. In any case, this is revealed on Wednesday by a study carried out by the firm Technologia, specializing in the assessment and prevention of occupational risks. The primary objective of this ongoing study is to identify and define exhaustively all the causes and symptoms of burnout syndrome, also known as burnout. Carried out on the internet from July 30 to August 20, 2013 with 1,000 individuals representative of the employed French working population, this summary of the first results highlights the fact that 3.2 million working French people are currently suffering from professional fatigue and are therefore at risk. high burnout.
Alarming figures among executives and farmers
According to specialists from Technologia, when the problems of excessive work (“I work too much”) and compulsive work (“I cannot not work”) appear simultaneously in an individual, this indicates overworking behavior. commitment to work and therefore a high risk of burnout.
Farmers and managers are the most exposed categories, but also the most vulnerable to this risk. According to this study, 19% of executives have both a heavy workload and compulsive work. In addition, unlike artisan traders and business leaders who are at risk of burn ort for 20% of them, emotional exhaustion is stronger among executives: the highest rate of fatigue both in the morning and in the evening shows this weakening. On the other hand, to the question, “Do you feel tired in the morning when you have to face a new working day”, 47% of farmers answer yes, against 14% of business leaders and 29% of workers.
A call for recognition of occupational disease
“Currently, in the absence of tables of illnesses concerning them, mental illnesses falling under what is commonly called burnout can be recognized under Article L 461-1 paragraph 4 of the Social Security Code as soon as possible. when the disease is of a severity justifying permanent disability equal to or greater than 25% and provided that a “direct and essential” link with professional activity has been identified by a regional disease recognition committee professional ”, specifies the Technologia firm on its site.
Thus, these experts deplore that only a few dozen cases of work-related psychic pathologies are recognized each year in France. In addition, these specialists are launching an Appeal for the recognition by Social Security of burn out as an occupational disease linked to exhaustion.
An Internet site – call-burnout.fr – allows you to sign the call and learn more about the study conducted by Technologia. Beyond the compensation due to employees, the aim of this call is also to engage in preventive dialogue with companies and social partners. “This appeal, if it is heard, will make it possible to overcome the French backwardness in the prevention of mental risk”, concludes the call from Technologia.
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