WORK STRESS OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES DUE TO ROLE OVERLOAD IN BANKING SECTORS IN CHENNAI -A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO PANDEMIC PERIOD

Bank staff issues have been encountered. Employees in the banking industry put in a lot of
overtime both during and after the countrywide shutdown. Their family's health was at risk of
contracting the sickness in addition to their own. During this time, bank workers have faced
numerous challenges. Regretfully, they had to put their disagreements aside and make due with
the resources at hand in order to benefit everyone. A few of the personal strains that the pandemic
has brought into people's lives are fear of infection and death, losing loved ones, confinement and
limited movement, additional responsibilities at home and with care, unstable economic
conditions, and so forth. The study was conducted with 207 bank employees to know about their
work stress. Percentage Analysis, Chi square test were used to analyse the opinions of the
respondents. The pandemic and the various preventive and control measures implemented have
led to an increase in the number of stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and signs among the
general population as well as other specific subgroups, such as people in the epidemiological fence,
medical staff, banking employees, and mental health professionals.