{"id":17501,"date":"2025-08-07T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=17501"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:52:47","slug":"supporting-employee-mental-health-role-of-line-managers","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/total-rewards\/employee-wellbeing\/supporting-employee-mental-health-role-of-line-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting employee mental health: The role of line managers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f85887e8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" 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