HSE recently published the latest annual health and safety statistics for Great Britain.
The latest figures, for 2021/22, showed that half of all people off sick from work are suffering from stress, depression, or anxiety, with an estimated 914,000 cases of absence.
That’s an 11% rise from 2020/21, and an estimated 17 million working days lost.
This is why champions like yourselves are so important to the Working Minds campaign. Lets keep promoting good mental health and push for that culture change in your workplace.
You can highlight the importance of supporting good mental health to employers, particularly by reinforcing the Working Minds ‘Five Rs’.
Motor repair trade organisations have joined forces with HSE's Working Minds campaign to tackle work-related stress in the industry ahead of Christmas.
Working Minds, together with our partners the National Body Repair Association (NBRA), the commercial Vehicle Body Repair Association (VBRA), the Independent Garage Association (IGA), and automotive charity, Ben, are working together to provide information and advice to make sure that employers and workers know what support is available in the run-up to Christmas.
Ben has reported an increase in people asking for help during the winter months. The charity is currently running a confidential survey of people who work, or have worked, in the automotive sector to help them improve the support and services they provide.
Read more in our press release.
Join us on 16 January for an interactive webinar, exclusively for Working Minds champions.
The webinar is being held on Monday 16 January 2023, 2.00 - 3.00pm.
We’ll talk you through the Working Minds campaign, what the law says about stress at work and share ideas of how you can use the campaign information and resources to best effect with discussion groups.
It’s also an opportunity for you to tell us what you would find useful from the campaign.
Sign up for the webinar
Read a blog by Ellen Plumer, Head of Outreach, Health & Wellbeing at automotive charity Ben.
Ellen writes about the physical effects stress have on the human body, what to look out for, and what employers can do.
View the blog: understanding stress - Work Right to keep Britain safe
What information and resources do you need from us to be an effective champion for the Working Minds campaign?
Let us know what's going well and where we can do more by answering these 5 questions.
If you’d like help or something bespoke for your channels, get in touch: campaigns@hse.gov.uk
Thank you for your continued support of the campaign, and wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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