Adam Saville: Businesses must wise-up to mental health

Blue Monday round-up

Adam Saville
clock • 4 min read

The most depressing day of the year? Blue Monday should be about turning awareness into action

A day like today can of course help spread the message about workplace mental health support further than usual, but for the protection and health industry this issue is on our radars daily. All pseudo-science aside, it's the third Monday in January, many people are broke and feeling blue - so it's a good a time as any to raise the mental health agenda with clients, especially business owners and HR bosses. Hence why some insurers, brokers and third party providers use it to communicate the devastating impact poor mental health among staff can have on business and productivity. Acc...

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