The majority of employees are not utilising their employer’s wellbeing programmes, despite cases of stress and burnout rising, according to new research.
According to the results of the 2022 Alight International Workforce and Wellbeing Mindset Study conducted by Alight and Business Group on Health, 73 per cent of workers reported having high or moderate levels of stress.
Furthermore, 34 per cent of employees stated they were experiencing burnout, while only 13 per cent of workers believed their employer cared about their well-being.
Only 15 per cent of US and UK employees said they were aware of their employers’ sponsored stress-management programmes.
Even while 32 per cent of employees desired their employer to provide more mental health resources, just 23 per cent of those who were aware of the benefit reported using it.
The Zensory co-founder Jasmine Eskenzi says: “We are facing a mental health crisis, especially in the workplace. While many employers are offering wellbeing schemes for their staff, they are not always as easy to access or fit into everyday life as they should be.
“Employees need wellbeing tools that they can use throughout their day whenever stress may appear such as in the workplace, on their commute or lunch breaks.
“Many schemes also overlook the multiple ways that wellbeing can be applied and that everyone has a different way that helps them. Workers need to be provided with wellbeing tools that help them understand their wellbeing and holistic approaches that are best suited to them.”