“Burn-out” has been included in WHO)’s (the World Health Organisation International Statistical Classification of Diseases for the first time. The condition is described as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”, and is identified as specific to “the occupational context”. The WHO’s classification also makes clear that, as well as suffering from personal exhaustion, employees experiencing burn-out become less effective workers. The definition could encourage companies to take the condition seriously due to concerns over productivity and the possibility of claims by exhausted employees.
“Burn-out” has been included in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases for the first time. The condition is described as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”, and is identified as specific to “the occupational context”. The WHO’s classification also makes clear that, as well as suffering from personal exhaustion, employees experiencing burn-out become less effective workers. The definition could encourage companies to take the condition seriously due to concerns over productivity and the possibility of claims by exhausted employees.