More than a quarter of organisations (27%) do not have any processes in place to support employees’ health and wellbeing, according to new research by Vevox, with more than one fifth (21%) of employees feeling that their manager does not care about their health and wellbeing.

The study, that polled enterprise organisations with more than 100 employees, discovered that 37% of employees admitted to having little or no trust in their management, with nearly a third (29%) of respondents feeling that there was no clear communication channel in the business to air any personal or health issues.

Pete Eyre, managing director at employee engagement app company Vevox said: “It is clearly concerning to see that employees in many large organisations feel management has little regard for their wellbeing. This can often be driven from a culture where employees in the organisation feel they have little opportunity to contribute or voice their concerns to the management team.”

The study also discovered that when it came to increasing the trust of management among employees, transparent communication was deemed the most important factor by 41%, with promises always being delivered as the next most important (28%).

Over half of employees (52%) also revealed that receiving praise when doing a good job is the most likely thing to ensure they are engaged at work, ahead of having their ideas listened to (38%) and a positive working relationship with their manager (31%).

“Employee health and wellbeing is now higher on an employer’s agenda than ever before and senior management must build a trusted channel of communication with employees to be able to identify and address any issues. Management can put a number of actions in place to help support employees’ wellbeing from offering remote or flexible working to implementing robust discrimination policies,” said Eyre.