Time to Change is a campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health problems face in England. Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and funding from the Department of Health, Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund run the campaign. This report is based on Organisational Health checks that occurred between 2013 and 2015 which assessed employee experiences of mental health in a variety of workplaces.  There were 46 participating organisations from both the public and private sector. The report enables employers to hear employee experiences and examples of good practice. Summarised at the end of the report is feedback given to organisations about how to improve as a result of the employee feedback.   Findings included 57% of all employees being cognisant of mental health support that was available to them and 46% of respondents feeling confident their manager was able to implement support tools however 34% did not feel confident.

This report is an update on the 2006 Shaw Trust research report that examined attitudes towards mental health in the workplace. The aim was to see what changes had occurred in attitudes and practice in the 4 years. Managing directors, Chief Executive Officers, Finance Directors and Human Resources Directors were interviewed. 40% of employers view workers with mental health issues as a 'significant risk', the findings suggested that negative views are still very widespread however employers were more likely to be able to describe a wider range of mental health conditions and more managers would be comfortable discussing mental health issues with employees. The number of those who feel that their organisation is flexible in their approach to employees with mental ill health rose by 21% to 69%.  However 78% of workplaces still don't have a formal mental health policy which suggests that there is still a lot of progress that needs to be made with many organisations.

Across Europe it is widely recognised that ill mental health has become one of the key causes of absenteeism within the workplace.  Ill mental health negatively impacts on the individual as well as on the company in terms of loss of productivity and consequently on the economy.  In March 2009 a World Health Organization Conference on Mental Health and Well-being at the Workplace took place. This document is a summary of the presentations delivered at this conference. These covered a variety of topics including the risks of ill mental health in the workplace and how to prevent it and an example of how BT manage mental health.  Additionally this paper details overcoming stigma and discrimination in the workplace.