Now, a recent report by the UK based mental health charity Mind and Business in the Community, that campaigns for better workplace support, developed by international business leaders with a core purpose of creating happier and healthier workforces, highlighted the example of the confectioner Mars. Mental health sick days were reduced to almost zero and employees reported better sleep and reduced stress after a ‘wellbeing’ support program for all sales staff was introduced in 2011. More research now is conducted to look into how it affects both employers and employees. Of course, problems associated with mental health in the workplace are increasingly common. Recent research by AXA PPP healthcare found that 23 employees percent say they won’t tell their line manager the causes of their absence when calling in sick as they’re afraid of being judged. A well-known fact that is. Even more concerning is that a further 15 percent said they’re afraid that they won’t be believed.
Employers should consider the following measures to support and protect employee ‘wellbeing’.
While good mental health is a known protective factor, poor mental health is associated with an increased risk of diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
Clear links between physical and mental health support the case for protecting mental health and well being at work should tell their boss if they have been off due to stress, anxiety or depression, compared to 44 those percent working in larger companies. So, a survey conducted by Mind said that 60 workers percent would feel more loyal and motivated if they felt their boss invested in measures to support their well being. Reluctance to disclose mental health problems is also more pronounced in smallto medium sized enterprises as opposed to much larger firms. Also, employees are a lot more gonna lie to their boss about the causes of being off sick if the cause of the sickness is about mental rather than to physical health.
With approximately one million employees missing work any day due to mental health problems and the annual cost to the American employer hitting nearly five the percent country’s GDP, the principle of investing in support for employees who should be struggling isn’t just morally correct but a financial imperative.
a study conducted by the American Institute of Stress in 2014 showed that job pressure was the leading cause of stress in the The annual cost to employers in health care and missed work pped $ 300 billion.
Mental health problems now are the leading cause of illness in the workplace. Ignoring mental health in the workplace doesn’t make good business sense.