68% having work affected by debt - here is a plan to get back on track

A survey has been running on our homepage for nearly a year now and some of the results are worrying. For example, 68% of respondents said that their work is being affected by debt.

The size of this number is not that surprising considering the level of stress being in debt causes. What's worrying is employers can't afford employees that are not performing and if redundancies are on the cards, these people can be the first to go.

Two things should happen. Firstly, employers should be aware that employees may be suffering at the hands of debt and make it easy for them to get help. So if you employ staff and you're reading this, email this list of debt charities around on Monday.

Secondly, if you're an employee that is having their work suffer because of debt stress, do yourself a big favour and get help bys using the same list. In most cases, a debt solution is available, you just don't know about it yet and life can return to normal in weeks not months.