"Stress Epidemic" in economic climate

Two more I've found reading HR Magazine, this on the possibility of a stress epidemic, combined with the recent introduction of "fit notes" where doctors can state that staff 'may be fit for work taking account of the following advice'. Something to think about especially with having Asperger, if cutting manpower means people with Asperger are either (a) the ones cut because they aren't favoured for having lesser communication skills, or (b) where they are kept on but given more stressful communication tasks.