The forthcoming ISO 45003 standard focuses on the mental health in ‘health and safety’ and offers timely guidance on how to protect the psychosocial wellbeing of staff.
A new research study into workers’ mental health problems has called on employers to take greater account of an individual’s needs when planning their return to work.
Workplaces have become part of a national conversation on mental health and stress, but the tension between individual interventions and structural change remains.
Depression, loneliness, fear: the effects of COVID-19 on mental health are still rippling out into the workforce, writes OSH research adviser Christopher Davis, effacing the boundaries between work and personal life. But OSH professionals can help improve resilience.