Every year an estimated 17 million work days are lost to stress, anxiety and depression. Clarkslegal's Monica Atwal highlights ways in which employers can raise their game to help.
We are facing challenging, uncertain times and the fast pace of change is impacting the ways we work. So how do organisations and individuals ensure they see the opportunity and have the resilience to succeed in this environment?
Work and wellbeing are symbiotic. Work provides people with satisfaction, value, stretch, autonomy, discretion, engagement and community. Along with the elusive and individual elements of “work life balance” and personal responsibility for health, these factors support wellbeing. And for an employer that results in productivity, drive, creativity and innovation from workers.
However, every year an estimated 17 million work days are lost to stress, anxiety and depression, according to the Mental Health Foundation. The World Health Organisation has named stress the “Health Epidemic of the 21st Century”.
For employers, poor mental health is costly in terms of absenteeism, presenteeism, poor performance and staff turnover. And it’s the number one cause for long-term absence (4 weeks or more) ac
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