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Mental Health and the workplace
March 2010
Prepared by
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Who do you see?
• 37 per cent of people would be unhappy if their close relative married someone with a mental health condition
• Only 40 per cent of people think that people with a mental health condition are suitable to be Primary School teachers
Time to Change?
• 92 per cent of people believe that admitting to having a mental illness would damage someone’s career
• 56 per cent of people would not employ someone they knew had depression from time to time
Employees attitudes
• 58 per cent had to leave a job because of lack of mental health support
• 31 per cent had been sacked or forced out of a job after disclosing a mental health problem
• 26 per cent demoted after disclosing a mental health problem
• 1 in 4 had job offers withdrawn after disclosing a mental health problem
(Mind website survey October 2008)
What is mental ill health?
• depression• bipolar disorder• schizophrenia• obsessive compulsive disorder• self-harm• eating disorders
Mental Health and the workplace
Quiz
Facts versus the myths around staff with mental health conditions in the workplace
www.shift.org.uk/employers
In a recent study when asked ‘What percentage of your employees do you think will have a mental health problem at some point during their working lives?’, 70% of the employers surveyed said that
A. Between 0-5% employees will
B. Between 5-10% employees will
C. Between 10-20% employees will
Question 1
In a recent study when asked ‘What percentage of your employees do you think will have a mental health problem at some point during their working lives?’, 70% of the employers surveyed said that
A. Between 0-5% employees will
B. Between 5-10% employees will
C. Between 10-20% employees will
Question 1
What percentage of employers thought that none of their staff will suffer from a mental health problem during their working life?
A.5%
B.15%
C.45%
Question 2
What percentage of employers thought that none of their staff will suffer from a mental health problem during their working life?
A.5%
B.15%
C.45%
Question 2
What percentage of employees are in fact suffering from some kind of mental health problem at work?
A.2.4%
B.5%
C.22.3%
Question 3
What percentage of employees are in fact suffering from some kind of mental health problem at work?
A.2.4%
B.5%
C.22.3%
Question 3
Mental ill health is now the;
A.Second largest cause of time lost due to sickness absence in organisations in the UK
B.Fourth
C.Eighth
Question 4
Mental ill health is now the;
A.Second largest cause of time lost due to sickness absence in organisations in the UK
B.Fourth
C.Eighth
Question 4
Approximately how much does mental ill health at work cost an employer each year?
A.£500 for every employee
B.£1000 for every employee
C.£1500 for every employee
Question 5
Approximately how much does mental ill health at work cost an employer each year?
A.£500 for every employee
B.£1000 for every employee
C.£1500 for every employee
Question 5
Good management of mental health at work including prevention and early identification can bring this cost down by as much as
A.10%
B.20%
C.30%
Question 6
Good management of mental health at work including prevention and early identification can bring this cost down by as much as
A.10%
B.20%
C.30%
Question 6
Impaired performance of people who continue to work whilst mentally unwell costs employers nationally approximately;
A.5 million/year
B.15 million/year
C.15 billion/year
Question 7
Impaired performance of people who continue to work whilst mentally unwell costs employers nationally approximately;
A.5 million/year
B.15 million/year
C.15 billion/year
Question 7
What percentage of managers have received training on mental health awareness?
A.13%
B.26%
C.36 %
Question 8
What percentage of managers have received training on mental health awareness?
A.13%
B.26%
C.36 %
Question 8
What percentage of senior managers are aware they have a policy on mental health and feel that it is effective in doing what it is intended to do?
A.3%
B.33%
C.63%
Question 9
What percentage of senior managers are aware they have a policy on mental health and feel that it is effective in doing what it is intended to do?
A.3%
B.33%
C.63%
Question 9
• Most people with mental health conditions are in paid employment and are almost as likely to be working as anyone else
• Employers should expect to find that at any one time nearly one in six of their workforce is affected by a mental health condition
Why is mental health a workplace issue?
• 91 million days are lost each year due to mental health conditions
• The combined costs of sickness absence, non-employment, effects on unpaid work and output losses in the UK is £26 billion a year.
• After taking six months sickness absence, only 50 per cent of employees return to work
Why is action needed in the workplace?
• Make your workplace a safe place where colleagues can discuss, disclose and ask for help
• Do this by:– Creating an effective mental health policy– Training staff– Building awareness through a workplace
campaign
What employers can do
• Help to prevent mental ill health – by early detection and intervention through raising awareness by directed communication and tackling attitudes and behaviour.
• Help to recognise that work is good for mental health.
• Ensure provision of services for those affected by mental ill health by fully utilising existing workplace policies, and by establishing a range of support as an employer and service provider.
Why a policy?
• BT doesn’t reject job applications on grounds on mental illness
• Mental health sickness absence is down by 30 per cent
• stress claims have been reduced dramatically• 75 per cent of long term absentees return to
their own job • Medical retirement rate for mental illness is
down by 80 per cent
Case study: BT
• Staff turnover is down from 30.1per cent in 2005 to 23.3 per cent in 2006
• The staff survey result for recommending Bradford & Bingley as a place to work has increased from 45 per cent in 2005 to 72 per cent in 2006
• Bradford & Bingley's stress absence rate is down 80%, which is estimated to have saved £250,000 in lost wages alone
• There has also been about a 1% increase in productivity at no cost
Case study:Bradford and Bingley
Any questions?
Further information
www.equalityhumanrights.com/yourbusiness
• 029 20447710