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Struggling Gen Zers and millennials. As reported in Fortune, younger workers across the globe are facing mental health challenges in the workplace as their morale declines, a new Gallup survey has found. Among workers under the age of 35, 31% reported that they were thriving at work in 2023, a decline of four percentage points compared with the previous year. Younger workers had the lowest share of thriving individuals across all groups, according to the study. About one in five younger workers described themselves as feeling lonely. [Fortune]

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Contagious feelings. Toxic coworkers can harm employees’ well-being, damage workplace morale, and contribute to high turnover, according to a Harvard Business School (HBS) study brought up in Fast Company. Because of emotional contagion, disgruntled workers can tarnish the organizations they work for as those who encounter destructive attitudes and behaviors start feeling and acting similarly, HBS researchers found. Workers who are repeatedly exposed to toxic colleagues are at risk of burnout. [Fast Company]

Globally, improving employee health and well-being could create $3.7 trillion to $11.7 trillion in economic value.

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Improving employee health. Employers have considerable opportunities to improve the health of their workers. The McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) has previously identified 23 factors of health, and employment can greatly influence some of these (such as stress and sleep). By improving employee health, employers could add trillions of dollars to the global economy and have a positive impact on society, McKinsey senior partner Patrick Simon and coauthors reveal.

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Workplace factors. MHI research shows that there are important differences between the workplace factors that lead to poor health and those that lead to good health. As an example, feeling connected at work is associated with greater innovation, engagement, and quality of work. Meanwhile, MHI’s 2023 research shows that experiencing toxic workplace behavior is a strong predictor of negative health outcomes at work. See six areas through which employers could make a significant difference in employee health.

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