World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on 10th September every year, it’s intended to promote awareness about suicide as well as suicide prevention. This year’s theme is ‘working together to prevent suicide’. With the additional impact the coronavirus pandemic may have had on the mental health of many people this year, it will be important for us all to come together to help support those in need.
In the workplace, employers have an important role to play when it comes to the mental health of employees. These are unprecedented times and for some employees, difficult ones, which may have a negative impact on their mental health. This could be for a variety of reasons, such as experiencing higher levels of worry generally, others may have been directly impacted by coronavirus, the pandemic may have had an adverse impact on an existing mental health condition such as anxiety or some employees may be finding changes such as working from home or the prospect of returning to the workplace challenging.
From an employment law perspective, here are some steps you may wish to consider taking in your organisation to help support employees when it comes to mental health:
If you have an employment law matter you would like assistance with, please do not hesitate to contact Kingfisher Professional Services Ltd as we are happy to help.