Employees are the core of a company's success.
Neither its capital, its premises, its newest machinery, nor even
its leadership would mean much without a great workforce to drive
it forward. And that means a workforce with core stability and
slower staff turnover. In sum, a place in which people feel happy
to stay and grow. Therefore, retaining employees over the medium
and long term by making sure they feel fulfilled in their role is
key. And part of that is about ensuring a healthy working
environment - not just physically, but from a mental health point
of view.
In the UK in 2019/20, 828,000 workers suffered from work-related
stress, depression, or anxiety, and 17.9 million working days were
lost to it, making it the number one cause of lost working days.1 Similarly, a study conducted in the US
reports that 200 million workdays are lost each year to mental
health conditions.2
