The Impact of Poor Mental Health on UK Employers

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Deloitte, one of the world’s largest accounting organisations, recently joined forces with the mental health charity, Mind, researching the monetary cost of poor mental health in UK workforces.

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Deloitte’s

that

In fact, the research suggested

UK

that for every £1 businesses invest

employers somewhere in the region

in supporting the wellbeing of

of £45 billion, highlighting the need

their employees, they would, on

for businesses to invest in supporting

average, receive back £5 in reduced

their employees’ mental welfare.

absenteeism and staff turnover.

mental

report health

revealed issues

cost

Unfortunately, not enough employers seem to be taking this message on board, according to Mind. Increases in mental distress are attributed to toxic work cultures, with employees frequently expected to work long, unproductive hours and often working while unwell, without taking adequate time to recover from illness.

Unfortunately,

enough

advancements have taken a toll

employers seem to be taking this

as well, driving up stress levels by

message

facilitating an ‘always on’ work

to

Mind.

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board,

Increases

according in

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distress are attributed to toxic work cultures, with employees frequently expected to work long, unproductive working

hours

while

and

unwell,

often

without

taking adequate time to recover from illness. Research from Deloitte also indicates that technological

model that vastly increases the risk of employee burnout.

Deloitte’s report suggests there remains some way to go in terms of building a culture of mentally healthy workplaces, with the cost of poor mental health rising by around £6 billion, or 16%, since 2016.

YO U C A N L E A R N M O R E A B O U T H O W B U S I N E S S E S C A N S U P P O R T T H E M E N TA L H E A L T H O F T H E I R E M P L O Y E E S B Y V I S I T I N G T H E B L OG O F M A R K L Y T T L E TO N .

MARK

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