Financially stressed employees are less productive – more than half of them spend roughly three work hours per week dealing with finances. This is a big impact considering 56% of employees are stressed about their finances. 15% of employees also admit that this stress has had a severe impact on their work attendance.
Eighty20 estimates that this loss of work hours could collectively cost South African firms as much as R62 billion per year. Contact us if you would like to quantify the cost for your business specifically, and better understand how to address it.

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