Financial stress forces 38% of workers to miss work

Employers may have an incentive to help workers build emergency savings as financial strain increasingly spills into attendance, productivity and retention, according to new research from workplace emergency savings provider SecureSave.

More than one-third of workers (38%) said financial challenges caused them to miss work during the previous six months, according to SecureSave’s 2026 Financial Stress Survey. Another 28% said a financial emergency negatively affected their job performance. READ MORE