Employees want employers to take action to support mental health.
Although employers offer a range of mental health supports and employees report modest use of these supports, there may be more employers can do. In fact, the vast majority of employees (88 percent) envision steps they would like to see employers take to support mental health in the workplace. Among them are providing more information about available mental health benefits, accommodations and resources, training managers and supervisors to identify emotional distress among employees, and offering health promotion and prevention programs.
Provide more information about mental health benefits, accommodations, resources available to employees
Train managers and supervisors to identify emotional distress among employees
Offer health promotion and prevention programs
Offer treatment, rehabilitation and counseling programs for mental health disorders
Require that vacation time be taken
Have leaders model work-life balance
Provide better quality outpatient and inpatient insurance coverage for mental health treatment
Have senior leaders talk about emotional well-being in communication to employees
Create guidelines for job accommodations, including time to participate in therapy, other mental health programs
Develop written organizational policies protecting employees against bullying and harassment
Offer a mentor/mentee program
Develop an employee-led workgroup focused on building a supportive culture of health in the workplace
Other
I would not like to see my employer take any actions to support the mental health of employees.
Base: All qualified respondents (n=1,041)
Q840 What actions, if any, would you like to see your employer take to support the mental health of employees? Please select all that apply.
Employers should optimize their current mental health supports (e.g., benefits, accommodations, training, promotion, prevention, etc.) and consider which of the above programs and policies they can offer as well.