April 6th, 2011

Reporting Employer Best Practices in Mental Health

“I think there’s a growing awareness or understanding among business leaders of the cost of mental health in the workplace,” says Jennifer Wetherow, director of the Great Place to Work Institute Canada in Kelowna, BC, adding that mental health claims have now overtaken cardiovascular claims as the leading cause of workplace disability in Canada. “Executives have an interest and desire in doing something about it but I’m not sure they know what to do.”