25 July 2023
In the Spotlight: Singaporean parents’ health and well-being face decline amid financial pressures
There is a strong positive correlation between employee's mental health and workplace productivity. Factors such as inflation have had a significant impact on mental health as well due to the financial pressures they create. Employers must put in place policies and practices to assist employees in this aspect that go beyond simply giving them money in hopes that it will alleviate these financial pressures.
We speak to Jamie MacLennan, Senior Vice President and Managing Director APAC, TELUS Health more about this.

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14 December 2022
Stress & changes eroding trust between Singaporean employees & employers
Mental health at the workplace has come to the fore, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly US$1 trillion.
Now, a new study has found that four in ten workers in Singapore have a high mental health risk. How do we make mental well-being a focus at the workplace? Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish find out from Jamie MacLennan, Senior Vice President and General Manager of APAC at LifeWorks.

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