A workplace audit showed that the major electricity provider EDF Energy was losing around £1.4m in productivity each year as a result of mental ill health among its employees.
As part of an Employee Support Programme the company offered psychological support (cognitive behavioural therapy) to employees and trained over 1,000 managers to recognise psychological ill health among staff and to minimise its effects.
This resulted in an improvement in productivity which saved the organisation approximately £228,000 per year. Job satisfaction rose from 36 to 68 per cent.