Key trends and findings

Presenteeism is quietly costing organisations significant productivity

• 67 per cent of working parents report feeling burnout, compared to 49 per cent of non-parents.
• Working parents who say poor mental health impacts their productivity lose 24 additional days of output a year; those who go to work unwell weekly lose 32 additional days.

Conventional support isn't reaching the root causes of parental stress

• 60 per cent worry about the career impact if a mental health issue became known at work and one in five have delayed or avoided seeking support in the past year.
• Even among working parents who feel supported by their manager, 54 per cent still experience anxiety symptoms.

Insights 

The path to meaningful support

Learn how organisations can move beyond blanket wellbeing initiatives to address the root causes of parental stress such as extending support to the whole family, reducing mental load and building structural and managerial capability.

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