Beyond the Benefit: Connecting Workforce Mental Health and Business Performance
Workplace stress, anxiety, and depression cost U.S. businesses an estimated $292 billion a year. New Economist Enterprise research reveals where that cost lands and what 200+ CFOs want from workforce mental health investment.
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What does Finance want to see from workforce mental health investment?
Original research from Economist Enterprise combines a new economic analysis with insights from 200+ CFOs, giving employers new data to make more focused, measurable investment decisions and connect workforce mental health to business performance.
Download the report to learn:
- How the $292 billion cost spans health care, missed work, employee turnover and lost productivity at work—and why $78bn may go unrecorded
- Why productivity and workforce capacity top CFOs’ priorities for mental health investment, even though one in five do not measure productivity when evaluating investments
- What evidence CFOs look for when evaluating further investment– and why measuring results and attributing them to an investment remain difficult
- How employers can match the response to the problem and track whether they improve intended outcomes
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