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Workplace Savings and Benefits:
National wellbeing survey vital for employers - ONS

21 November 2014

Everett was supported by Lord Richard Layard and Lord Gus O'Donnell who were also speaking at the launch of the index. Lord O'Donnell said: ''One of the biggest, clearest conclusions from wellbeing analysis is that we should be reallocating wellbeing budgets around the world towards solving mental health problems and away from physical problems. ''Obviously we'd all like more of everything, but as an ex-head of the Treasury I know we're dealing with re-allocations here.'' Lord Layard added that it was interesting that many companies, particularly those in the City where stress levels were high, were having stress reduction courses. ''Some are more cognitive, some are more physical or more mindful based,'' he said. ''But stress reduction courses have been used all over the USA to very good effect - and you can see effects on blood pressure, immune system and so on.''

This article was published online by Workplace Savings and Benefits on November 21, 2014
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Related publications
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, Richard Layard. Penguin 2nd Edition, 2011
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Thrive: the Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies, Richard Layard and David M Clark, Penguin, July 2014
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Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Gus O'Donnell webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage
Happiness and Public Policy Research webpage

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