Mental health prioritised.

A poll of HR decision-makers has found six in 10 (63%) employers have increased support to staff across one or more areas of mental, financial, physical and social wellbeing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with mental health considered the top priority.

The survey, carried out on behalf of industry body Group Risk Development (GRiD), polled 505 HR decision-makers and found that half of businesses had increased communication on available support for staff during the pandemic.

Just under half (44%) of employers have increased the time they made available to help staff directly. Meanwhile, over one-third extended support to reflect changes requested by employees (38%) or increased engagement and utilisation of support that was already available (34%).

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