Businesses need meaningful benefits to battle mental health emergency
11 February 2021: In 2019/20, stress, depression and anxiety accounted for 51% of work-related ill health cases, according to new HSE research. To tackle this rising tide, businesses are turning to wellbeing strategies and resources for help.
If the daily grind of remote working within the same four walls and spending hours on incessant Zoom calls is starting to get you down, you’re not alone. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), instances of work-related stress, depression or anxiety have increased exponentially over the past year. The study warns that the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the stress caused by workload pressures - tight deadlines, too much responsibility and a lack of managerial support - are inflicting mental health pressures on staff like never before.