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EPIDEMIC OF JOB INSECURITY TAKES MAJOR TOLL ON WORKER HEALTH

The University of Michigan issued the following press release:

Amid growing news of layoffs, outsourcing, corporate bankruptcies and downsizing, a University of Michigan study finds that feeling insecure about your job takes a toll on physical and mental health - whether you actually lose your job or not.

In fact, the health effects of job insecurity are at least as great as the health effects of a serious or life-threatening illness.

The study of job insecurity and health in the United States is being presented April 1 at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Los Angeles.

The study is based on an analysis of data from a nationally representative, longitudinal ...

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