renewing labour
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Mental health is about more than illness - it's about opportunity.TRANSCRIPT
Renewing Labour in OntarioInnovative HR for the Knowledge Economy
"This consultation will help us determine howwe can continue to strengthen our health andsafety system so that, in the end, all workerscan go home safe.“
Yasir Naqvi,
Ontario Minister of Labour
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“Corporations, labour groups, organizations ofall kinds are clamoring for information on howto create safe workspaces both physically andpsychologically.”
Louise Bradley
President, Canadian Mental Health Association
A Common Challenge
• $50 billion – the annual cost of mental illness to the Canadian economy
• $6 million – cost of mental illness-related productivity loss to Canadianemployers in 2011 (turnover, absenteeism, presenteeism)
• Mental health problems and illness account for 30 per cent of short andlong-term disability claims
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• More than 80 per cent of Canadianemployers rated mental illness asone of their top three reasons fordisability claims
• 6.7 million Canadians suffer frommental illness – that’s more thanthose who suffer from diabetesand heart disease combined
HR SOLUTIONS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
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A Shared Labour
• Employers in all sectors have recognized the need to do HRdifferently, with a renewed focus on occupational mental healthand safety:
– Private sector examining the Economics of Mental Health (EconomicClub of Canada)
– Voluntary federal standards for psychological mental health and safety– OPS HR (Service Delivery Division) Change Management Committee
led by Debbie Moretta ADM, HROntario)
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Innovating Outside the Box
Social Entrepreneurs partnered with established organizationsare using new methodologies and evidence-based practices toredesign work with occupational mental health and safety inmind
• EXAMPLE: Exhibit Change is working with HROntario’s Centre forInnovation and Workplace Culture to develop psychologically safeworkspaces
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DESIGN THINKING
Neuropsychology
COGNITIVE
LABOUR
social economics
CODING
Dropbox
The Opportunity
Minister Naqvi hosts a “21st Century Labour” Conference that:
• Brings together employers, HR professionals and Social Entrepreneurs• Involves a brief presentation on mental health in the modern workplace• Includes presentations by Social Entrepreneurs about how their projects
are positively impacting work design• Catalyzes conversation between sector players, allowing for new
partnerships and idea sharing
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“A renewed partnership with business,educational institutions, not-for-profits andlabour will be at the heart of yourgovernment's plans to build a modern,competitive and dynamic economy.”
Premier Kathleen Wynne
Desired Outcomes
• Increased awareness of the impacts of occupational stress/work design onmental health and productivity
• A recognition of the positive impact employers/HR managers can have onemployee mental health, performance and innovation
• New partnerships and policies that empower working Ontarians to reachtheir maximum potential in psychologically safe work environments
• Nurture a culture change – occupational mental health isn’t the elephantin the room but rather an opportunity to be harnessed
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Parting Thought
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THE WAY FORWARD
DISCUSSIONNotes
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