Employee Wellbeing Research 2018: Mental health focus continues to rise as part of overall wellbeing
The figures, from the Employee Wellbeing Research 2018 published by Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) in association with Punter Southall Health & Protection show that it grew from 78.9% in 2016 to 82% in 2017 and 84.1% in this year’s survey.
However while it is being addressed in a general sense dedicated mental health strategies are rare, with only one in six having a defined mental health strategy in place.
However it looks like that is set to change with over a third (36.5%) saying they plan to implement one in the next 12 months and a further 26.1% saying they plan to do so in the next three years. However one in five (21.6%) said that they had no immediate plans to implement a dedicated mental health strategy.
Debi O’Donovan, director at the Reward & Employee Benefits Association, said: “The lack currently of dedicated mental health strategies is disappointing. However with the number of respondents saying that they plan to introduce such a strategy within the next three years we could potentially see more than three-quarters (78.4%) of employers offering them by the early 2020s which is great news."
"Furthermore our study shows a predicted 231% growth in defined mental wellbeing strategies in 2018 alone, showing that organisations are now doing something about it.”
Download a copy of the 88 page Employee Wellbeing Research 2018 (free to REBA Professional Members and all those working for REBA Associate Members).
If you would like to learn more about employee wellbeing, register here to attend the Third Annual Employee Wellbeing Congress on 5 July 2018.
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