HR will have THIS many staff with mental health problems this year

HR faces a challenge in getting their workforce to open up about their mental health.

Less than ten per cent of employees feel comfortable discussing mental health conditions to their bosses, research from Legal & General found.

This is a worryingly low number, especially when you consider that one in four will experience a mental health problem this year, charity Mind estimates.

When these figures are applied to individual HR departments, this equates to 15 employees with mental health conditions each year, according to analysis from the Clear Company. They arrived at this figure by using XpertHR’s average median number of employees per HR practitioner: 62.5.