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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Mental Health Issues Affecting Large Number of Temporary Workers Workers hired for temporary or contract jobs face a higher risk of developing mental health problems such as depression, according to research. According to research by McGill University, employers should be more concerned about the mental health of their temporary workers rather than their full-time employees. Amelie Quesnel-Vallee, a medical sociologist at McGill University, who conducted the research stated that workers hired for temporary or contract work face a higher risk of developing mental health problems such as depression. Quesnel-Vallee says that usually employers believe that if they have a workforce that is filled with many temporary and contract workers then it leads to great productivity. “But if we factor in this increased risk for mental health problems, which we know is a leading reason for absenteeism, that theory might not be correct,” she says. The study was based on data collected biennially between 1992 and 2002 from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The study focused on workers who do not expect to be with their current jobs for more than one year. “Employers need to be mindful of the fact that obviously they have economic imperatives and there is temptation to go with a more flexible workforce, but the bottom line is that it may not be as obvious as they might predict,” Quesnel-Vallee says. As of 2005, about 4% of the U.S. workforce—or 5.7 million American workers—held temporary positions, according to the most recent data available from the Current Population Survey. There are currently 1.8 million workers employed by temporary agencies. Quesnel-Valle states that other than the fact that temporary workers’ job are not stable, they also lack social ties to the rest of the workforce increasing their of having a mental health issue. “They may not have the opportunity to develop relationships with others or have a sense of work- family that others do in their work lives,” she says. Another contributing factor to the development of mental health issues by temporary workers is that they do not have health care benefits. If they are diagnosed with a mental health disorder then they would have to pay out of their pocket to see a doctor. "If they are beginning to feel some anxiety or depression, they may have less access to potential health care,” Dragotta says. Read more here. 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