Mental health is at 'unique moment in history' - Louise Aston

Pensions & Benefits UK

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Business in the Community wellbeing director tells PBUK delegates 'we are at a turning point'

We are experiencing a "unique moment in history" for mental health at work, with "more people talking than ever" about the issue, Louise Aston, wellbeing director for Business in the Community told delegates at Pensions & Benefits UK yesterday. She said that ‘health and wellbeing' is "no longer a fluffy thing on the side" for companies - it is "mainstream," she said - with it serving as a core principle of "whole organisation" approaches to workplace wellbeing at a strategic boardroom level. Talking through the findings of Business in the Community's Mental Health at Work Report 2018,...

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