Wrongful dismissal 'impacts on mental health'

Published on 28 Jul 2010 under category: legal

Workers who are wrongfully dismissed could suffer with damaging mental health problems as a result.
A report published last week from Ofsted found that local authorities had made "limited progress" in helping young people into work.
In addition, focusing on young people particularly at risk had prevented service providers from helping young people in general.
The study also found that ten per cent of the people in the research had been out of work for six months or more, potentially leading to more problems in the future.
Commenting on the study, head of young people and communities at Working Links Matthew Freeman said that service providers had to work harder to make programmes more accessible to young people.
In addition, worklessness can have a serious impact on mental health.
"Official figures released last year showed that only 20 per cent of people with mental health problems were in employment.
"There is clear evidence that worklessness contributes to ill-health, unhappiness and depression, with people who move into work tending to report substantial improvements in mental health," he said.
People that have suffered wrongful dismissal could seek compensation for the impact of worklessness on their mental health.

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