Mental Health Leaves Of Absence Up 22% Among U.S. Workers

Between the first quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, leaves of absence due to mental health reasons in the U.S. increased by 22%. During the first quarter of 2024, 11% of all leaves of absence were due to mental health, and 71% of these mental health leaves of absence were taken by women during the first quarter of 2024.

More than two-thirds (69%) of mental health leaves of absence in 2023 were taken by female workers. Of these, a third (33%) were taken by millennial women, followed by women in Generation X (born between 1965 . . .