Workplace mental health is a shared responsibility between employer and employee. By adopting the integrated model of workplace mental health* employers can meet their legal duty of care and...

'It’s easy to see why the global conversation on mental health is picking up pace and becoming more prominent around boardroom tables. Employers need to understand and embrace their role in helping alleviate stress and reducing the drivers of poor mental health at work'

 Michele Parmelee, Chief People and Purpose Officer, Deloitte Global

Deloitte estimate that poor mental health among employees costs UK employers:

£53 - £56 billion  each year

This is broken down into three areas:

Investing in mental health provides an average return of £5.30 for every £1 spent.

Employees working for organisations who support their mental health:

• have higher productivity
• take less time off work for work-related stress
• are more likely to stay with the company.

Also, 75% of UK workers state that organisational culture impacts their decision to apply for roles so a organisational reputation for championing mental health can attract future employees and customers.

41%

of employees have experienced mental health symptoms caused, or worsened, by work in 2020

30%

of employees are not telling anyone about their mental health issues

(a 3% increase from 2019)

35%

of men are more likely to keep work-related mental health problems to themselves

(9% higher than women)