Health and Wellness

Worker Headaches Cost Companies Billions

Migraine headaches cost American businesses between $5.6 billion and $17.2 billion in lost work productivity annually, according to a national survey by the National Headache Foundation.

Forty-one percent of workers surveyed cited workplace stress as their most common headache trigger. Eight percent reported lost productivity as a result of a migraine, and 61 percent said their headaches become so severe that they take time off of work as a result.