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Building Healthier Workplaces National Standard on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace Webinar: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:00 PM ET
Mental Health Commission of Canada
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Today’s speakers
Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Charles Bruce, Chair, MHCC’s Workforce Advisory Committee & CEO of the Nova Scotia Public Service Long Term Disability Plan Trust Fund
Host: Nujma Bond Director, Communications, Mental Health Commission of Canada
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The Mental Health Commission of Canada
Who are we?
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Workplace and Strategy
•Creating mentally healthy workplaces •Improving access to income support programs and strengthen those supports •Removing barriers to pursuing education and obtaining or returning to work •Upholding the rights of people living with mental health problems and illnesses
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Factors that lead to a psychologically unsafe workplace
1. Job demands and requirements of effort
2. Job control or influence
3. Reward (praise, recognition, credit)
4. Fairness
5. Support
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A loss of $50 billion a year
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Background
• Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health
• Martin Shain, PhD – seven areas of law trending towards employers’ increasing responsibility
• Consensus Conference (2009) of business, labour, clinicians and other stakeholders
• Vancouver, BC (2010) group : seek information about providing a psychologically safe workplace
• Technical committee established (2011)
• Standard released January 16, 2013
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Technical Committee
Volunteer experts from 5 interest categories:
- Organizational interest
- Employee interest
- Service provider interest
- General interest
- Regulator/Insurance/Policy interest
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Who Developed the Standard?
COLLABORATORS
FUNDING PARTNERS
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1. Psychological support
Thirteen psychosocial factors
3. Clear leadership & expectations
5. Psychological competencies and requirements
2. Organizational culture
4. Civility & respect
6. Growth & development
7. Recognition and reward 8. Involvement and influence
9. Workload management 10. Engagement 11. Balance
12. Psychological protection 13. Protection of physical safety
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What is the purpose of the Standard?
Provides a framework to create and continually improve workplaces, striving to make them psychologically healthy and safe.
Provides guidance on putting into place a documented and systematic approach:
• Establish a psychological health and safety management system (PHS)
• Establish a management review to measure progress
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Standard contents Commitment, leadership and participation
Implementation
Evaluation and corrective action
Management review
Planning
Annexes
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•Roles and responsibilities
•Worker consultation
•Inclusive policy and process development
•Confidentiality
Commitment, leadership and participation
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• Identify hazards and risks
•Process and review
•Data collection
•Diversity
•Objectives and targets
•Managing change
Planning
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•Infrastructure and resources
•Preventive and protective measures
•Education, awareness, communication
•Sponsorship, engagement, change management
Implementation
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•Implementation governance
•Competence and training
•Critical event preparedness
•Reporting and investigations
•External parties
Implementation (continued)
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•Monitoring and measurement
• Internal audits
•Preventive and corrective action
Evaluation and corrective action
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•Review process
•Outcome of the review process
Management review
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A. Additional background information
B. Resources for building a PHS framework
C. Sample implementation methods
D. Implementation scenarios for small and large enterprises
Annexes
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E. Sample audit tool
F. Discussion of relevant legislation or regulation
The views represented herein solely represent the views of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Production of this document is made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.
Les opinions exprimées aux présentes sont celles de la Commission de la santé mentale du Canada. La production de ce document a été rendue possible grâce à la contribution financière de Santé Canada.