2023-10-26 07:41:02
Wellbeing policies related to mental health at work have not yet translated into cultures of care. In fact, a comparison of how a dozen measures to promote them have progressed in the last two years reflects an uneven evolution of each of them and a certain lack of strategy that gives them coherence with each other. For example, as stated in the ADP study «People at Work 2023: a vision of the global human team» While most people feel supported by their managers and colleagues when it comes to mental health at work, the proportion of respondents who say this is the case is 10% lower this year than last year.
The star measures and those that grow compared to the previous year, according to the results of ADP research, are related more to the work environment than to direct intervention actions in mental health:
team integration, inclusive culture and 4-day work week.
Those related to health follow an uneven trend. Some measures are going back, as is the case of the until now very trending topic zen breaks with meditation classes and relaxation rooms, days off to promote well-being or days without meetings, perhaps due to current teleworking or hybrid work models. . Especially striking precisely because of this, because of the flexibility in which work is carried out today, is the case of the right to digital disconnection, which drops 4 points (from 22% to 18%).
A key issue identified by the study is that 57% of workers do not believe their managers or colleagues are trained to talk regarding mental health issues without judgement. More women than men feel this is the case (61% vs. 53%), as do young workers (56% ages 18-24, 61% ages 25-34, and 57% between 35 and 44, compared to 50% of those between 45 and 54 and 40% of those over 55), and workers in Asia-Pacific (62% compared to 44% elsewhere).
Regarding the groups affected, younger people report feeling more stress at work (Generation Z feels stressed 13 times a month on average, compared to ten times for all workers) and are, by far, the who are more likely to suffer from poor mental health (54%) and stress (80%). Although curiously, they are the least likely to say that their employer is doing nothing to support mental health at work (8% compared to 35% of those over 55).
Comparing the data in 2022 and 2023 allows us to see differences in the mental health solutions that companies are testing that suggest that the approaches are still under review.
More information regarding #peopleatwork2023:
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