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I find this very quite concerning. I speak as someone who from childhood (for over 40 years) has been dealing with mentally ill family members, suicides (all under 40) and attempted suicides. My family appear to have a genetic predisposition (or maybe it's nuture?). One family member has attempted suicide on numerous occasions since being a teenager, yet has held down and been promoted numerous times in a very stressful industry without it affecting her standard of work. She will then hit a brick wall and the downward spiral is immediate, and devastating for her. How she survived her latest 2 attempts (just over a year ago) is perplexing. This followed a long period of her (very large and well known) employer making redundancies within her team, leaving her short-staffed, giving no thought to or putting plans in place to deal with the deficit or increasing work-loads, but abandoning her to fill the voids they had created - she just couldn't keep up with the day and night working (no one could).

We don't know when she is going to hit the brick wall - she is not prepared to discuss or be open about it with anyone, not even her doctor!

I think this suggestion is a slippery slope, and may aid in letting employers off the hook. In my opinion, it detracts and distracts from the real solution which is that there needs to be an increased focus in the area of daily man-management; employers being more responsible, reasonable and ethical, who do not exploit, over-burden or degrade their employees, or sacrifice their well-being on the alter of profits.

I could go on.