Poll: 85% of workers experience financial stress

More than 85% of workers experienced financial stress in the last year and four in 10 feel they live from pay cheque to pay cheque, a survey has revealed.

Stressed workers who take time off to sort out their money problems are costing industry and businesses as much as €850,000 a day.

And more than half of workers say that financial strain has an impact on their ability to do their jobs.