Wellbeing | Assessing the mental resilience of your employees

Statistics released by Towergate Health and Protection in October 2021, show that women are more likely to suffer from a mental health condition, but that men are half as likely to seek support at work.

By reviewing who was making use of their employer’s Employee Assistance Programme, they uncovered that, men are half as likely to reach out for emotional support and three times more likely to take their own life in comparison to women.

These are troubling statistics and highlights the need for a proactive approach to employee wellbeing and the need to work holistically with wellness factors, instead of measuring the negative consequences of ill health.

Healthy Place to Work’s own research has identified a direct correlation between employees’ mental health and organisational performance. In short, good mental health is not only good for people, but also for business.