Bank of England staff sick leave and resignations citing stress for the calendar years for 2012 - 2014

Subject/Request Details: For each of 2012, 2013 and 2014:  (1) The number of Bank of England staff who took time off due to stress or stress-related illness.  (2) The total number of days taken off by Bank of England staff due to stress or stress-related illness.  (3) The number of Bank of England staff who quit their jobs citing stress or stress-related illness as a reason

Date released:  8 July 2015

Disclosure: 

The Bank of England (the ‘Bank’) regards the well-being of its employees as an important priority.  A wide-range of services which promote, support and maintain physical and psychological well-being are available to people who work at the Bank and include:

• In-house Staff Counsellors;
• An Employee Assistance Programme:  A free and confidential support service offering access to advice and information including:  work/career, housing, money, retirement, relationships, children, health, management support;
• Occupational health doctor and nurse;  
• Bank Networks (including a mental health network);  and
• Flexible working

The table below provides information on the number of absences for Bank employees that have been recorded under the category ‘anxiety’, which is the category within the Bank’s absence recording system which reflects the type of absences described in your request.  Some absences which could be regarded as ‘due to stress’ or ‘stress related illness’ may have been recorded under different absence categories and therefore not included in the figures provided below.  To note that any absences due to ‘anxiety’ may be due to causes from either inside or outside the workplace.  

Regarding the final question the Bank does not hold resignation reasons that provide this detail.