Forbes March 30, 2024
Anuradha Varanasi

The best way to keep anxiety and psychological distress at bay in any workplace is for employers to offer job flexibility and security to their employees, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. When employees were allowed to tweak their work schedule to prioritize important things in their lives and make space for their family, along with being provided with advance notices of their work hours, it was associated with significantly lower odds of experiencing anxiety and severe psychological distress.

“Job flexibility and job security can be modified through a number of organizational approaches, such as expanding flexible work schedules, providing remote or hybrid work options, enhancing tenure-based benefits, and investing in training and upskilling programs to...

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