Mental Health At Work: What Every Team Leader Should Know - Hester Lacey, Forbes
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Mental health at work is an issue for all businesses, of all sizes, from self-employed singletons to corporations that employ thousands. Speaking in Parliament in January this year, Norman Lamb, the UK Minister for Care and Support, noted that at least one in four people will experience a mental health problem at some point in their life; that many experience poor mental well-being but do not have a diagnosable mental disorder; and that mental illness is now the cause of over 40% of sickness benefit claims. The average cost of poor mental health to business, he added, is just over £1,000 per year, or almost £26 billion across the UK economy. Read more here
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