Why mental health is a board-level issue
Research released as part of Mental Health Awareness Week reminds businesses that awareness, open dialogue and prevention are key to protecting employee wellbeing at all levels of seniority.

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This has been Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and where better to focus attention than on the workplace.
Last week the World Economic Forum published an article on its website declaring: “It’s time to end the stigma around mental health in the workplace.”
This week investment bank Close Brothers published a survey of business leaders, in which 60% of chief executives, managing directors and board chairs said they “do not switch off from work”. Almost half of senior managers said their business “requires them to be ‘always on’."
Addressing mental health issues in the workplace makes good sense, no matter how macho the workplace culture. According to the OECD, mental health costs, direct and indirect, for the