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Article

20 Jan 2015

Author:
Sarah Silcox, Personnel Today (UK)

UK: Quality of employers’ public reporting on mental health is “worryingly low”, says business organization

"Why employers must report data on mental health at work", 19 Jan 2015

The level and quality of employers’ public reporting on mental health is “worryingly low”, according to corporate responsibility employers’ body Business in the Community (BITC), prompting the leadership of its Workwell campaign [that tracks the public reporting of employee engagement and wellbeing among FTSE 100 companies] to focus on mental health this year…Just over 40% of employees surveyed by the CIPD in 2013 said their employer does not promote health and wellbeing…[O]nly 11% of Britain’s top companies talk about the support they provide to employees with mental health issues in their annual reports…Although some companies mention provision of employee health, very few go into detail…Workplace mental health should be a board-level issue…[Refers to Friends Life, Marks & Spencer, Zurich]