Employers and staff at odds over workplace wellbeing priorities

Depression and burnout disagreement points

Jaskeet Briah
clock • 2 min read

New research from Legal & General Group Protection has found that employers and employees have different priorities for wellbeing priorities.

According to L&G's Wellbeing at Work Barometer, of 1,005 senior managers and 1,040 middle managers, both employers (33%) and employees (51%) agreed that stress and anxiety is the top priority. However, there was a disparity of opinion for the second and third priorities as staff members cited depression (40%) and burnout (35%), while employers pointed to men's health (31%) and women's health (30%). A larger number of young employees aged between 18-34 years old stated a desire to see stress and anxiety, depression and burnout prioritised, compared to older counterparts. Despite 47%...

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