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This paper examines the stress among bank employees during Covid - 19 pandemic. It aims to discover the impact of Covid 19 on stress among employees. In This study an attempt is made to understand Covid-19 impact on mental, physical health and behaviour of bank employees. A total of 300 employees participated in this survey. The data is collected from structured questionnaire. It was found that the COVID-19 has affected bank employees' personal and professional life. The study reveals that employees feel their job itself is threat for them, as they come in contact with different people during their working hours so it always carry the threat of getting infection from novel corona virus. The employees are unable to concentrate on their work. This in turn resulted in sleep disturbance, physician stress, headache and depression.

Keywords

Novel Corna Virus; Covid-19; Stressor; Mental and Physical Health

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