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Slaw: Psychological health and safety: An action guide for employers
May 3, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
On April 27, 2012, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) launched Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers to help Canadian employers protect their employees’ mental health. The guide was co-authored by Merv Gilbert, PhD, and Dan Bilsker, PhD, from the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction [...]
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Slaw: Federal government launches workplace mental health standards initiative
June 23, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
Since the economic burden of mental disorders in Canada has been estimated at $51-billion per year, with almost $20-billion of that coming from workplace losses, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has launched a collaborative project with the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and the standards division of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Standards) to create a voluntary national standard for mentally healthy workplaces. The standard aims to…
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