Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged educational institutions to include stress management lessons after a young CA professional's death at EY In

India is investigating the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY, the labour minister said on Thursday, after the death of a 26-year-old associate worker was blamed on stress by her mother who demanded accountability.

EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani expressed regret for not attending the 26-year-old employee's funeral, whose death is alleged to be the stress caused by work, reported the news agency PTI on Friday.

After the unfortunate death of the EY employee due to anxiety driven by extended working hours, the ILO report reflects lack of work-life balance with nearly 51% Employees working for around 49 hours

Here's everything you need to know about the 26-year-old chartered accountant, Anna Sebastian Perail's death due to work pressure in her office, EY India.

Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July and was overworked with a “backbreaking” load as a new employee, which affected her “physically, emotionally, and mentally”, her mother Anita Augustine wrote in a letter to EY’s India chairman which went viral on social media.

Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Be it a white collar job or any worker, whenever a citizen of the country dies, it is natural to be saddened by it.”

The passing of a 26-year-old EY employee, allegedly due to work-related stress, raises urgent questions about the state of workplace culture in India. Shouldn't this incident prompt a reevaluation of managerial practices and corporate values?

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of "young people dying due to stress", referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee in Pune, allegedly because of extreme work pressure.