


Blue Monday is more than once a year

Published by: LifeWorks,

Blue Monday started as a media campaign funded by travel agents and has passed into popular culture as, supposedly, the most depressing day of the year. Based on weather conditions, the year’s first credit card bill, and new year’s resolutions going astray, the third Monday of January is still to some a pseudoscientific marketing tool to pitch happiness remedies.

Regardless, it brings attention to the fact that one in five people worldwide are suffering from mental health challenges on a daily basis. Statistics from the World Health Organization also reveal that almost a quarter of adults are not physically active enough to prevent illness. One in three employees are distracted by finances at work, and a further eight in 10 are disengaged from their jobs.

The grim reality is that a majority any workforce is suffering from one or more wellness issues at any one time and responsibility for providing support for mental health tends to fall national health services in countries like the UK and Canada, and individuals in the US.



Research from Mind has found that work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives with one in three people (34%) saying their work life was either very or quite stressful – a clear indication that some responsibility for the mental health of the workforce sits with the employer.

Businesses can adopt solutions which can help support and ultimately prevent employees from developing mental health problems, and thankfully, we have seen seismic shifts in attitudes towards mental health and how it is perceived in the workplace. The next step is for organizations to take responsibility for their employees’ total well-being by providing a comprehensive wellness program, which will support people as they navigate through the daily stresses they encounter.


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