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New Buck Consultants Survey Data Finds Majority of Employers Want to Promote Mental Well-being in the WorkplaceEighty-four percent of employers believe they have a responsibility to provide a work environment that promotes mental well-being, according to a new Buck Consultants at Xerox survey report "Promoting Mental Well-being: Addressing Worker Stress and Psychosocial Risks," released today at the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces Annual Summit in Florianopolis, Brazil. The 2014 Global Survey on Health Promotion and Workplace Wellness Strategies - with a strong focus on companies in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Singapore - found that more than one-third of employers rate the stress level within their organization as "high or very high." Fifty-three percent of U.S. employers rate their stress levels as above average, with 33 percent saying that stress has increased over the last five years. "Stress is the primary health-related driver globally for implementing wellness programs, according to our survey," said Dave Ratcliffe, principal, Buck Consultants at Xerox. "Several studies show that employers are becoming more aware of this trend and are increasingly concerned about the more holistic well-being of their employees. Putting the appropriate programs in place helps employees realize their full potential, and make productive and fruitful contributions in the workplace." More than half of employers rate their organization as very or extremely supportive of the mental well-being of their employees. Singapore-based employers stand out as being the most supportive at 78 percent, and the U.S. is noted as the least supportive at 46 percent. Despite this ranking, 88 percent of U.S. employers believe their corporate culture supports the mental well-being of employees. "Employers are offering a wide array of programs to promote mental well-being, such as work/life balance support, leadership training and Employee Assistance Programs being the most popular," said Ratcliffe. "We're also seeing a rise in psychosocial strategies that are less conventional but rapidly growing, such as workplace environment redesign, communication training and health circles. These types of programs bring positivity to the workplace and give employees the support they need to reduce their stress." Other key findings of Buck's global mental well-being survey include:
Buck Consultants at Xerox conducted the survey in association with the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces. About the survey Buck's first global mental well-being survey analyzed responses from more than 400 organizations in 31 countries. Responses are provided by employers who choose to participate and are not a scientifically randomized sample. The full report is available to the media at no cost by contacting Dave Joslin at [email protected] or +1-585-754-2978. It is available to other interested parties for $295 by visiting www.bucksurveys.com/BuckSurveys/. About Xerox Buck Consultants at Xerox offers strategic advice and innovative technology to help businesses effectively manage their HR programs while engaging employees in their health, wealth, and careers. By integrating our HR consulting know-how with the core Human Resources Services of Xerox, we offer a full portfolio of customized HR solutions to help organizations save money, improve HR compliance, and achieve their business goals. Learn more at www.xerox.com/hrconsulting. Xerox is a global business services, technology and document management company helping organizations transform the way they manage their business processes and information. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., we have more than 140,000 Xerox employees and do business in more than 180 countries. Together, we provide business process services, printing equipment, hardware and software technology for managing information -- from data to documents. Learn more at www.xerox.com. About Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces The Global Centre for Healthy Workplace Awards is the first global awards program recognizing healthy workplaces. The GHWAwards Summit brings together leaders in global health and well-being and is co-hosted by Wolf Kirsten International Health Consulting and i-genius. The Awards launched in April 2013 with its first global Awards Summit taking place in London, UK, followed by the 2nd Summit taking place in Shanghai, China, 2014. The 3rd Global Summit will take place in Florianopolis, Brazil in 2015. http://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org Note: To receive RSS news feeds, visit http://news.xerox.com. For open commentary, industry perspectives and views visit http://www.linkedin.com/company/xerox, http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://simplifywork.blogs.xerox.com, http://www.facebook.com/XeroxCorp or http://www.youtube.com/XeroxCorp. Xerox® and Xerox and Design® are trademarks of Xerox in the United States and/or other countries.
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