Government research has confirmed that mental health costs the nation £99bn. It doesn’t make financial sense for employers to discriminateIt’s official. The government-commissioned Thriving at Work report has found that many of us are not, in fact, thriving at work. About 300,000 of us with long-term mental health problems lose their job each year in the UK. For me, this is news alongside sky is blue; Liverpool FC are perpetually underachieving; David Davis understands the Brexit process as much as he does superstring theory. Related: Mental health problems are forcing thousands in UK out of work – report Continue reading…
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