Business case

The following reports and publications help to highlight the importance of taking a proactive approach to supporting employees’ health – physically, mentally and emotionally – and the business benefits of engendering healthy high performance.

Health and Wellbeing at Work – CIPD

The following reports and publications help to highlight the importance of taking a proactive approach to supporting employees’ health – physically, mentally and emotionally – and the business benefits of engendering healthy high performance.

Thriving at work – The Stevenson/Farmer review of mental health and employers

Published in 2017, this report by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind, is the result of an independent review into how employers can better support all employees, including those with mental ill health or poor well-being, to remain in and thrive through work.

“Many employers are already creating healthy, inclusive workplaces, but more needs to be done so that employers provide the support needed for employees with mental health conditions.” Prime Minister Theresa May, January 2017

It sets out “mental health core standards” – a framework for a set of actions that the authors believe all organisations in the country are capable of implementing quickly.

Mental health and employers: The case for investment – Deloitte

This 2017 report outlines how poor mental health costs employers £33bn – £42bn each year. It suggests the average return on investment of workplace mental health interventions is 4.2:1.

Global workforce study – Tower Watson

The 2012 Global Workforce Study provides a comprehensive snapshot of the attitudes and concerns of workers around the world. It’s designed to shed light on how employees’ views affect their engagement in their work and commitment to their employers, and ultimately, their behavior and performance on the job.

It suggests that companies with an engaged workforce with high wellbeing have operating margins almost 3 times higher than companies with low engagement.

1 in 3

1 in 3 of the UK workforce have been formally diagnosed with a mental health condition at some point in their lifetime.

7%

Only 7% of our delegates felt they had a good or very good level of knowledge, skills and understanding regarding factors that influence workplace mental health compared to 93% after training.

37%

Stress-related absence has increased from 31% in 2016 to 37% in 2018.