Make Workplace Mental Health Prevention & Training a Legal Requirement

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Workplaces legally provide physical first aid, but mental health support is optional—that needs to change. We need mandatory mental health training for leaders, wellbeing KPIs, legal protections for psychological safety, and government-backed early intervention programmes. Prevention must be law.

Every year, poor workplace mental health costs the UK billions—not just in money, but in burnout, breakdowns, and lost potential. We react to crisis instead of stopping it from happening. Leaders don’t know how to support their people, and stigma silences conversations. Making prevention a legal requirement will save businesses, protect employees, and stop waiting for people to break before we do something about it. This change is overdue.

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Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Amend the Health and Safety Act to make mental health training mandatory
Amend the Health and Safety Act to make mental health training mandatory

Timeline

9 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
7 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Apr 2025

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