Supporting employee mental health: The business case

Author: Sarah Silcox, experienced writer on workplace issues, specialising in occupational health and wellbeing.

Contributing authors: Dr Barbara Mariposa, organisational consultant, and Emma Mamo, head of workplace wellbeing at Mind.

Overview

This series of Leading practice guides discusses the steps that employers need to take to ensure a mentally healthy workplace. Here, we discuss the business case for managing mental health at work. This is the first in our series of five guides on supporting employee mental health:

• Supporting employee mental health: What employers need to know about mental ill health
• Supporting employee mental health: Strategies and policies that support good mental health
• Supporting employee mental health: The role of line managers
• Supporting employee mental health: Supporting candidates and employees with poor mental health