How to Manage Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
Published on: 27/04/2018
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Helen O'Brien Senior HR Consultant, Beyond HR
Helen O'Brien Senior HR Consultant, Beyond HR
Helen O Brien

Helen has over 42 years of experience, including 35 in HR consultancy and 7 as an HR manager at a national company. She specializes in all aspects of HR, from employment documentation and advice to training, consultancy, and representation at Industrial and Fair Employment Tribunals. Helen’s wealth of experience makes her a trusted and valuable expert in the field of HR.

Following on from the previous video on managing long-term sickness absence, Helen discusses mental health issues in the workplace. Helen makes the point that it’s important for organisations to foster an environment where there is open communication about mental health issues and that they need to have some kind of employee assistance programme whereby employees can raise issues that they have confidentially and get help and support for those issues.

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 27/04/2018