焦慮的“白領(lǐng)”

焦慮的“白領(lǐng)”

2013年英國有1500萬天的病假是因為員工感到壓力、焦慮甚至是抑郁而產(chǎn)生的。在競爭日趨激烈的今天，是時候讓老板重視員工的精神狀態(tài)了。

測試中可能遇到的詞匯和知識：

confidential 機(jī)密的；表示信任的[k?nf?'den?(?)l]

wellbeing 幸福；福利；安樂

landmark 里程碑；紀(jì)念碑

coincide 一致，符合[,k???n'sa?d]

unveil 揭開；揭幕[?n've?l]

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Charity launches three-year survey of workplace mental health （382words）

By Sarah Neville, Public Policy Editor

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A business-focused charity is launching what it says is the largest survey of employees’ mental health, as concerns mount over the rise in stress-related absence from work and its effect on productivity.

Business in the Community, which promotes social responsibility at work, is conducting the confidential online survey as a way of identifying how to improve workers’ mental wellbeing. Mental ill health is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK, with more than 15m days off work in 2013 caused by conditions such as stress, anxiety or depression. This represents a sharp rise from 11.8m days in 2010.

The survey is being supported by Mind, the mental health charity. Following a report commissioned by NHS England from Paul Farmer, Mind chief executive, the government agreed this year to provide an additional ￡1bn a year for mental health services by the end of the decade.

Mr Farmer has spoken of the need for employers to play a bigger role in safeguarding their workers’ mental health, recently welcoming the fact that business leaders were “beginning to talk more openly” about their personal mental health struggles.

Louise Aston, wellbeing campaign director at Business in the Community, described the survey — to be conducted annually for three years by pollsters YouGov — as “a landmark moment” in its efforts.

It would raise public and employer awareness of the importance of protecting mental health, including the role of the line manager, she said.

The results should identify how equipped line managers and employees were to spot the early warning signs of poor mental health, to have a conversation about it, and put effective measures in place.

Coinciding with the launch, Business in the Community is also unveiling, with Public Health England, a mental health “toolkit” to guide employers through the steps they need to take to improve workplace attitudes towards mental health.

Justin Varney, of PHE, said staff who had good mental health were more productive “and businesses who look after the mental wellbeing of their employees can see a significant impact on business performance”.

Peter Simpson, chief executive of Anglian Water, who chairs Business in the Community’s wellbeing leadership team, said his company understood the benefits for both the employee and the business of creating “a culture where we can openly discuss and manage mental wellbeing”.

請根據(jù)你所讀到的文章內(nèi)容，完成以下自測題目：

1. What is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK according to the survey?

A. mental ill health

B. influenza

C. diarrhea

D. muscle strains

2. What is the “Mind”?

A. a report commission

B. a health magazine

C. a mental health charity

D. a health magazine

3. How long will the survey take about workplace mental health by Mind?

A. 3 years

B. decade

C. 3 months

D. unlimited

4. What is the difference between staff with opposite mental health from Justin Varney?

A. creativity

B. enthusiasm

C. loyalty

D. productivity

[1] 答案 A. mental ill health

解釋：根據(jù)調(diào)查，在英國請病假的主要原因是精神健康欠佳。

[2] 答案 C. a mental health charity

解釋：“Mind”是一個精神健康的慈善組織，將開展職場精神健康的大型調(diào)查。

[3] 答案 A. 3 years

解釋：題目和文章多次提到，這是一個需要進(jìn)行3年的大型調(diào)查。

[4] 答案 D. productivity

解釋：PHE的Justin Varney表示，精神上積極健康的員工更能推動生產(chǎn)力，文章前半部分也提及了精神狀態(tài)會對生產(chǎn)效率產(chǎn)生影響。