There has been a substantial rise in the proportion of businesses in the Midlands with staff off work due to long-term mental health issues, according to a new report from researchers at Warwick Business School. The annual survey of 1,900 Midlands-based firms by the Enterprise Research Center (ERC), which is now in its fifth year, found that while mental health absence continues to be an issue for a large number of firms, there has been a particularly striking increase in long-term absences. Researchers found that 27.5% of firms reported they Read More
