A new survey reveals that 24% of employees in Ireland took leave for their mental health last year, which is higher than the European average of 18%.<\/p>\n
The survey, carried out by iVOX on behalf of payroll and HR solutions provider SD Worx, also found that some 29% of employees admit that working in their organisation negatively impacts their mental health.<\/p>\n
It also reveals that 50% of workers surveyed say they find their work mentally demanding or stressful, while 45% of them feel comfortable discussing this with their team.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 43% say their organisation actively undertakes initiatives to support mental health.<\/p>\n
The survey also explored how employees perceive their work obligations and found that 39% feel guilty when they take time off work.<\/p>\n
The same percentage feel pressure to work even when they are sick and such issues may explain why 56% see their job as simply a way to earn a living, SD Worx, said.<\/p>\n
But despite the pressures that many face, 53% of employees feel they are ultimately satisfied with their work-life balance, while 69% say that their organisation publicly presents itself as committed to supporting its employees’ wellbeing.<\/p>\n
Eimear Byrne, Country Leader at SD Worx Ireland, said the latest research highlights some concerning trends around mental health and wellbeing in the Irish workplace.<\/p>\n
“Employees are feeling under pressure, which is resulting in many not believing in the work that they are doing. At a time when there is full employment in Ireland, organisations must prioritise creating environments where people feel supported, valued, and able to do meaningful work,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new survey reveals that 24% of employees in Ireland took leave for their mental health last year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-66664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}