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📅 Published: August 18, 2025

📰 Source: healthtimes

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One school of thinking holds thatemployers are solely accountable for their employees’ mental health.

However, there is another school of thought that contends that employees need to prioritize their own mental health as they too play a crucial role in cultivating a healthy and safe work environment.

There is currently a widespread expectation of leaders to take an active role in promoting and managing mental health in the workplace.

A 2019 Mind Share Partners study found that 91% of participants agreed that businesses have an obligation to promote theirworkers’ mental health.

This study confirms the increasingly crucial role that employers have in addressing mental health in the workplace.

As such, it becomes extremely important for employers to identify, communicate and facilitate access to the mental health benefits and support that reflect the needs of their employees.

There are numerous advantages for employers in nurturing and upholding mental health and wellness in the workplace.

When employees feel supported and satisfied at work for example, they typically stay in their roles for longer periods, take fewer unplanned absences as well as exhibit higher levels of productivity, resilience and creativity.

Consequently, equipped with the capability to manage stress, employees will be able to deliver consistently high-quality work regardless of their circumstances.

Therefore, the employer has both an ethical and a legal obligation to support mental health in the workplace.

From creating a safe and healthy work environment, to preventing discrimination and harassment and accommodating employees’ mental health conditions and compliance with disability laws and regulations.

It is imperative for employers to establish a psychologically safe work environment that does not endanger the mental health of their staff.