Two thirds of employees not accessing mental health support: Westfield Health

Over one quarter of workers (27%) reported that their job is more stressful than a relationship breakdown (8%), according to the research. Westfield Health, a provider of private health insurance as well as wellbeing and mental health support, previously found that over 800,000 employees were impacted by stress last year. Overall, 17.9 million working days were lost in 2022, which Westfield Health said is directly impacting business costs. The number of cases for work-related poor health due to stress, depression or anxiety increased to 51% in 2022 from 40% in 2014. Workplace stres...