ADP research | Staff wellbeing initiatives in the spotlight as report finds support for workers is dwindling

Stress and poor mental health remain persistent issues in the workplace, but workers say they are getting less support from their managers than last year, according to a new report.

ADP Research Institute’s People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View, found that almost two-thirds of workers say stress adversely affects their work and almost half (47%, down slightly from 53% last year) say the same about mental health, according to the survey of over 32,000 workers in 17 countries.

Yet in the past year, the proportion of workers who say they feel supported by their managers when it comes to mental health at work has fallen from 70% in 2022 to 64% now. Almost six in ten believe that their managers are ill-equipped to talk about mental health issues without judgement.

In the UK, 56% say stress adversely affects their work and 34% say their work is suffering due to poor mental health. The report explores employees’ attitudes towards the current world of work and what they expect and hope for from the workplace of the future.