Report: Mental Health at Work Report 2017

This report reveals that although there has been progress against the calls to action set out in the 2016 report, too many people with mental health issues are suffering in silence at work.

Key findings

• 60 per cent of employees have experienced a mental health problem due to work or where work was a contributing factor at some point in their career, compared to 62 per cent in 2016.
• Just over half of all employees (53 per cent) feel comfortable talking about mental health issues like depression and anxiety at work, an uplift from 50 per cent in 2016.
• Greater numbers of managers recognise that employee mental health and wellbeing forms part of their responsibilities (84 per cent compared with 76 per cent in 2016). However, many line managers lack training and support in mental health.
• 76 per cent of those who have experienced a mental health issue as a result of work feel that colleagues care about their wellbeing, but just 11 per cent disclosed it specifically to a line manager.

This is the second National Employee Mental Wellbeing Survey from Business in the Community, part of a three-year collaborative project with businesses and five national partners.