Federal Public Service Workplace Psychological

Transcript:Federal Public Service Workplace Psychological:
Federal Public Service Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Union of Safety and Justice Employees May 30th 2018 Denis St-Jean Public Service Alliance of Canada Joint Task Force on Mental Health Membership Mandate Over the years, we were asked to focus on various issues: Strengthening Joint OHS Committees Prevention Programs Violence in the workplace (harassment – bullying) Ergonomics Psychosocial Hazards (Excessive Stress, Overwork, Shiftwork, Burnout, etc.) Mental Health 2 3 Psychological H&S in the workplace February 2003 - Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Senator Michael Kirby) undertakes the first-ever national study of mental health, mental illness and addiction November 2005 - Standing Senate Committee proposal to create the Mental Health Commission of Canada 4 Psychological H&S in the workplace May 2010 - Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm - Converging systems create mounting pressure to create the psychologically safe workplace (An update to Stress, Mental Injury and the Law in Canada by Dr. Martin Shain) There is an emerging legal duty in Canada to provide and maintain a psychologically safe workplace 5 Psychological H&S in the workplace September 30, 2010: A group of executives, labour leaders, OHS professionals, government agencies and experts in law and policy came together to look at the implications of Dr. Shain’s paper entitled "Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm“ The group was tasked with considering what employers need to know to provide a psychologically safe workplace in today’s economic environment 6 Psychological H&S in the workplace January 2011 - MHCC was awarded funding for the development of the proposed National Standard from: HRSDC Health Canada Public Health Agency of Canada Bell Canada, and Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace. 7 Psychological H&S in the workplace January 2011 - The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and CSA Standards initiated a project to establish a Technical Committee on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace Standard was released January 16, 2013 Creating and Sustaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace = Goal #1 of the Standard A psychologically safe workplace is: One that allows no significant harm or injury to employee mental health in negligent, reckless or intentional ways One in which every reasonable effort is made to protect the mental health of employees [due diligence] 8 A “psychologically safe” workplace is one where every reasonable effort is made to protect the mental health of workers. A “psychologically healthy” workplace is one where every