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The cost of mental illness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... almost $500 million a day. The Productivity Commission draft report on mental health was published on October 31. Margo Lydon, chief executive of SuperFriend, said the report highlights many ways workplaces can support better mental health for employees. ...

SuperFriend boosts leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... targeted workplace mental health and wellbeing support in the wake of the Royal Commission. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said: "With our enhanced executive leadership team, we're feeling extremely positive about SuperFriend's future and ...

Three new faces join SuperFriend board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... not-for-profit mental health campaign to eradicate stigma called the 'Heart on My Sleeve Movement'. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said: "All three appointments mark the growing diversity of our board and will significantly help champion SuperFriend ...

Working women more likely to experience mental illness

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... the state of mental health and wellbeing in their workplace would improve in the future. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said the report shows mental health remains a significant issues for working women. The different workplace experiences of ...

Mental health at work still a stigma: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... 5000 surveyed tend to suffer from mental health issues - but many cases go unnoticed. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said to identify and appropriately support workers, and acknowledge how much productivity is lost or gained from mental health ...

Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... working in the industry say they have left a job due to a poor mental health environment. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said pressures on financial services staff required organisations to provide their people with workplace support. "Not only ...

TAL bolsters mental health capabilities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... discussions with their teams, and give them resources to support them in their roles." SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon added that SuperFriend were proud to partner with TAL on the initiative. "Taking a whole of business approach to building the ...

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... the scope of preventative and proactive stay at work or return to work support, it said. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said: "Life insurers want to be able to assist their customers to minimise the impacts of illness. SuperFriend is seeing ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... workplace mental health and, I believe, will be an asset to our organisation and partners," SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said. Bonny's other non-executive director roles have included the Education Centre of Australia, a private international ...

Mental health an underlying business problem: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... believe Australian workplaces are just over halfway towards optimal health and wellbeing. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said about two-thirds of survey participants thought that investing in mental health and wellbeing at workplaces "would ...