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Staff mental health issues 'should be taken seriously'
Anyone eager to receive legal advice with regards to matters of employment discrimination might have noted that Friends Provident and Mind have created a guide that informs firms of how they can maintain the best practice in terms of mental health-related issues.
The former is keen to help businesses reduce the number of absentees from working environments and provide a long-term solution in terms of dealing with these problems.
As such, the instructions give an indication as to the nature of mental health issues and how these can be dealt with in an informed manner.
According to Declan White, group protection marketing manager at Friends Provident, many firms are "still in the dark about how best to support staff".
Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, identified the problem that "few employers have a mental health policy or know how to support staff to stay in work successfully when they're going through a rough patch".
Recently, the Tribunals Service showed that the number of workers taking grievances to employment tribunals has gone up.
Posted by Emily Jones
30/07/2010 16:59
News category: Employment