Friday 4 June is #CrazySocks4Docs Day – a day to raise awareness of the mental health needs of our frontline healthcare workers, especially under Covid-19, writes Lizette Rabe.
The mental health of employees must feature prominently on corporate agendas in a Covid-19/post-Covid-19 world, says Yeleni Bruinders, senior associate at law firm Bowmans.
There has been “an exponential increase in depression and anxiety” since the first Covid-19 lockdown, Bruinders said. “I have had three or four Covid-related cases where people are struggling because of poor performance or they are actually not coping and have asked their employer for time off to try and navigate it and try to deal with it appropriately. I realised that the mental health crisis is far more pressing than I had initially thought. A large number of individuals are struggling with working from home, juggling the work/life balance and some are starting to reach Covid burnout.”