Sponsored: At their desk but not at their best: The hidden cost of presenteeism

The desks are occupied. Messages are being answered. Everyone looks busy. But how many people are actually coping?

This Mental Health Awareness Week (October 12-18), employers have a chance to pause and ask that question – and examine whether the support they offer is making a difference.

For Cath Lomax, chief people and strategy officer at Southern Cross Health Insurance, the challenge is looking beyond attendance to understand how people are really doing 

Presenteeism – working while physically or mentally unwell – can be difficult to spot.