Stress & mental health
Mental strain is the most common reason for long absences.
The legal references on this page relate to German law.
What it is about
Mindfulness, resilience and burnout prevention help employees deal with pressure before it makes them ill. This is about classic psychological stress — new, digital strains are covered by field 10.
Why it pays off
Mental illness causes the longest absences of all and has been rising for years. Early, low-threshold offers reduce absences and turnover — and are eligible for funding under §20b SGB V. But the field only takes effect together with healthy leadership (field 6).
Measures for Stress & mental health
Measures for mental health — from the micro-break to the resilience course:
Introducing an EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Mental health strain in the workplace has become the leading cause of long-term absences in Germany. At the same time, very few affected employees seek profess…
Resilience Training
Resilience is not a personality trait you either have or don't – it's a skill you can develop. That's the most important message for every employee who believe…
€0 · freeHealthy Habits
Healthy habits don't come from good intentions – they come from repetition. Neuroscience is clear on this: a habit is anchored once the behavior runs automatic…
Stress Management
Stress is subjective – and that's the problem. Anyone under constant pressure gets used to it, until their resources are suddenly depleted. A short, anonymous …
€0 · freeSleeping In After Daylight Saving Time
After the clock change, the team starts Monday morning 30 minutes later. Zero cost, five minutes of effort – and a concrete signal: recovery is a priority here…
€0 · free"How are you really doing?" Check-in
Anyone who wants to know how their employees are doing has to ask – regularly, with a low threshold, and in a way that makes honest answers possible. The weekl…
€0 · freeStress Reset Course
Four weeks aren't enough to dissolve years of stress patterns. But they're enough to understand how those patterns form – and to develop the first, decisive to…
Work-Life Balance Workshop
Work-life balance sounds like a concept that costs nothing but good intentions. In practice, it founders on a lack of tools, unclear boundaries, and a work cul…
Healthy Leadership
Managers aren't therapists – but they're the first point of contact where employees either let stress and strain become visible, or don't. How a manager respon…
€0 · freeLunch & Learn
Knowledge transfer at work has a time problem: seminars take too long, emails go unread, and intranet posts stay unopened. Lunch & Learn sessions solve this by…
Mental Health Week: How to break the taboo
Addressing mental health systematically: a Mental Health Week is a structured BGM building block that breaks the taboo – and builds the bridge to the risk asse…
Conflict Management Training
Workplace conflicts rarely stem from bad intentions – they arise from misunderstandings that were ignored for too long. A good conflict management program ther…
Social Volunteering Day
A paid day off for social engagement is one of the offerings employees most frequently request in surveys – and receive the least often. Yet the ROI is unusual…
€0 · freeSleep Hygiene Tips
Sleep is the most powerful recovery tool people have – and the most underrated one in a workplace context. Anyone who regularly sleeps less than seven hours is…
€0 · freeThe Mindfulness Minute: 60 Seconds Against Chronic Stress
Mental health in BGM starts with a low-threshold entry point: the daily mindfulness minute is a first building block in the stress focus area — even before the…
€0 · freeCompliment Challenge
Appreciation in everyday work life is not a soft-skill luxury but a measurable health factor. Employees who regularly receive positive feedback show lower cort…
Where do you stand on Stress & mental health?
The self-check places you across all 10 action areas.