Mental Health and Days Off
Mental Health and Days Off
One of the most important aspects of any job is being mentally healthy. What does that mean exactly though? It doesn’t mean being free from mental health problems, it means having your health be in the right mindset. Our mind has a lot it has to handle, more than we tend to give it credit for. We might not realize it, but our moment is active all the time, even when we are not thinking about it. There is a good chance that you are wearing clothes right now, yet you don’t feel them do you? Your mind is filtering that unimportant feeling out. Unless you are staring at a wall, there is most likely multiple things in front of you, yet you hardly notice most of them. That is because your mind is deciding what is important and what isn’t. There are other things it’s doing like making sure you are breathing. Before I said that, I bet you weren’t aware that you were breathing in and out. It is more of a background process the mind does for us.
On top of all of these automated processes, it also has to deal with the manual input as well. It has to work overtime sometimes to make sense of what you are working on. It has to constantly shift gears as you change activities. It has to go from finishing a project before the deadline to where to get lunch to that meeting you have at 1 with the client. So it’s important to keep your mind in good shape and in good health. The problem is it can be difficult to do this when you work all the time.
Enough stress without break can lead to mental health issues. Especially if there were mental health problems already present. The real problem is that these mental health issues are often times overlooked. There is no argument that the Brain and the Heart are the most vital organs in the human body, yet we can’t take the time to heal when our brain gets overloaded?
If your employee benefits include paid sick days or sick days in general, it might be time to consider both physical and mental health issues. Just offering the option can help give some employees a little relief knowing they have the option. A few of the benefits of allowing employees to take mental health days include:
- Less Stress: They get to lower their stress level, making them more focused and positive in the workplace.
- More Productivity: Stress and mental anguish can lower productivity. When they come back from their mental break, they will be more refreshed and more productive.
- They Can Tackle Personal Projects: We have lives outside of the office. With a mental health day, we can get out of the office, clear up that to-do list, and have less on our mind when we go back.
- Better Employee Relations: If an employee knows their managers and employers are taking their mental health seriously, they will feel more appreciated and cared for.
- Impersonal Way to Help: Everyone has their own problems, some more severe than others. Mental health days are a good way to help with these problems without getting personally involved with your employees.
It’s not just for employees though, it’s for you too. You have a lot of your plate, making sure your company is running smoothly. You can use a mental break from it all too. At the very least, you can reduce the amount of stress you have to deal with. Any reduction of stress is beneficial to the mind and body. Vision H.R. can help a little with that aspect by taking over your payroll responsibilities. Never stress about your payroll department again when you outsource it to our team of payroll experts. We take care of your employees getting paid on time and their benefits such as paid sick days and vacation days. To learn more about how we became the trusted Daytona Beach Payroll Services company our clients have come to count on, request a free quote here.
