But less than one third are taking steps to confront the problem, it said.
'With the financial crisis in full swing, 79 percent of European managers voice their concern about stress at work, which is already recognised as an important burden on European productivity,' EU-OSHA Director Jukka Takala said in presenting the survey in Barcelona.
'But despite the high levels of concern, it is clearly worrying that only 26 percent of EU organisations have procedures in place to deal with stress.'
He said the costs for companies are 'enormous,' estimated at around 4.0 percent of gross domestic product, and 50 to 60 percent 'of all lost working days are related to stress.'"
