Mental health, wellbeing and fulfilment at home and at work has been in the spotlight since the pandemic. And rightfully so.
When investigating the costs of poor mental health at work, the figures that come up are staggering and range from $210.5 billion per annum to the equivalent of 12 billion working days lost per annum, at a cost of $1 trillion in lost productivity, according to the World Health Organization.
An article published by Investec in February 2023 refers to economic losses of up to R161 billion per annum due to unaddressed anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions in South Africa.
Whichever way you look at it, investing in the mental wellbeing of your raduates will be money well spent.
Navigating mental health in the workplace is complex and multi-layered. The information included in this toolkit is by no means exhaustive though we hope it will help you to cut to the chase in getting some of the basics right for
your graduates.