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All flashes · Thu, October 8, 2026

The HRTech Wire

New Vitality Research Reveals U.S. Employees Lose 63 Productive Workdays Each Year Due to Poor Health, With 54 of Those Days Lost While Working Despite Being Unwell

Vitality's research finds U.S. workers lose an average of 63 productive workdays per year to poor physical and mental health, with roughly 85% of that loss occurring while employees are present but underperforming ("presenteeism"). The findings carry no direct HR-tech vendor or platform angle.

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