Mental Health in UK Law

  • Mental health and employers (UK)
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    Mental health is clearly an important concern for all employers who wish to promote the wellbeing of their employees. UK employers are now facing costs of up to £45 billion per year because of thei...
  • Mental health in recruitment
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    According to ACAS, “at least one in four of us will suffer from a mental health problem at some point in our lives”. A scary statistic, but scarier still is the prospect that this creates an annual...
  • Managing mental health issues at work
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    This week is UK Mental Health Awareness Week. Managing mental health in the workplace is an increasing priority for employers, with a recent survey highlighting costs to business of nearly £35 b...
  • Mental health issues at work – #TimetoTalk Day
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Today is Time to Talk Day focusing on ending the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace. Mental ill-health costs UK employers up to £42 billion annually due to poor productivity, sickness ab...
  • Mental Health and UK Employment Law – Part 6
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    Yesterday was ‘Time to Talk’ day, a day about getting people to talk about mental health.  Why does talking about mental health matter to business?  It matters because mental health problems cost U...
  • Mental Health in the UK Workplace During the Coronavirus Pandemic
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    On 18 May 2020, at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week in the United Kingdom, the UK government’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) published “Coronavirus and mental healt...
  • UK Advice on Mental Health in Advertising
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    On the back of a number of high profile initiatives to raise awareness of mental health issues in the UK this year, the UK Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published a timely reminder fo...
  • UK Advice on Mental Health in Advertising
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    On the back of a number of high profile initiatives to raise awareness of mental health issues in the UK this year, the UK Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published a timely reminder fo...
  • Mental health and UK employment law – Part 1
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    This is the first in a series of posts looking at questions around identifying and supporting employees with mental health issues, when an illness becomes a disability and the interplay between bus...
  • Mental Health and UK Employment Law – Part 4
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    For the next in our series on mental health in the workplace we take a look at some helpful guidance in ACAS’s booklet, “Promoting Positive Mental Health at Work.” Barring a surprising number of ty...
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