25% of workers in EU feel stressed in their job

A quarter of workers across Europe feel "stressed" at work either all or most of the time, with a similar percentage saying their jobs have a negative effect on their health, an EU survey has found.

Eurofound, an agency charged with providing knowledge on social and work-related policies, examined psychosocial risks in workplaces across the continent.

It classed psychosocial risks as monotonous tasks, high work intensity, tight deadlines, work-life unbalance, violence, and harassment from the public or from colleagues.