Webinar - Mental Health in the Workplace - Thursday, July 24th 2025

Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Mental Health in the Workplace: Strengthening Employment Rights and Tackling the Drivers of Work-Related Mental Ill-Health which will take place on Thursday, July 24th 2025 from 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM.

Can you please confirm if you or your colleagues would like to attend this webinar. If yes, to register for this briefing, please click here.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr Sally Wilson, Head of Workplace Health & Wellbeing Research at the Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
• Dr Alan Curley, Programme Lead & Lecturer in Adult Health Studies at the University of the West of Scotland

Programme:

• Examine trends in, drivers of and challenges around improving workplace mental ill-health in the UK
• Learn about and assess the Labour government’s plans for improving mental health services and the impact that its Employment Rights Bill have on workplace mental health
• Exchange best practice on reducing the stigma of workplace ill health and tackling workplace bullying and intimidation, strengthening the right of employees to protection and requiring proactiveness from employers offering support
• Develop strategies for tackling the specific mental health challenges facing young people and providing the mental health support needed as they enter the employment market and develop their professional careers
• Integrate tools and knowledge designed to create a positive workplace culture and improve employee satisfaction, engagement, performance and productivity
• Exchange views on the range of political, legal and economic reforms needed to reduce the financial pressures fuelling employee mental ill-health
• Understand the role that promoting diversity, equity and inclusion can play in improving workplace mental health
• Discuss the wider socio-economic and socio-cultural factors driving poor mental health in the workplace, how policymakers can tackle them, and how employers and employees can mitigate them