In January 2020 Deloitte published what will be a seminal report on the impact of mental health in the workplace and the business case for investing in dealing with these issues which have a significant effect on productivity. Indeed, they show that a comprehensive attempt to support wellbeing issues with a company policy to back it up can have up to an 11:1 return on investment.

– Mental Health costs UK employers £45 billion per year
– 49% of employees do not feel comfortable talking to their line manager about mental health
– 39% of employees said work affected their mental health over the last 12 months
– good interventions in mental health can reap up to a 11:1 ROI