Psychological Protection

Workplace Factor 12

An organization that promotes psychological protection is one where employees feel safe sharing ideas or asking questions without fear of reprisal. They’re also protected from unnecessary stress and feel their well-being is truly considered and valued. For leaders, this means taking a mindful and reasonable approach to ensuring the promotion and prevention of mental health at work.

Here are resources related to protection of psychological protection.

On the Agenda: Putting Psychological Protection on the Agenda

On the Agenda offers a series of free workshop and facilitator tools that support all 13 workplace factors. Putting Psychological Protection on the Agenda focuses on factor 12.

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Suicide Prevention in the Workplace

When employees are struggling, it’s important to know how to have meaningful conversations about suicide that offer support, resources and hope. This guide offers suggestions when navigating those difficult conversations.

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Critical Incidents in the Workplace: Management Guide

This guide offers support to managers who have been involved in a critical incident. It provides information that can be used as a guideline to help create your own critical incident response plan.

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Critical Incidents in the Workplace: A Guide for Employees

This guide offers support to employees who have been involved in a critical incident. It provides information that can be used as a guideline to help create your own critical incident response plan.

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Legal Paper Series

This series of legal papers outline the evolution of workplace mental health laws that increasingly hold employers responsible to protect mental health. Papers include: Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm, Weathering the Perfect Legal Storm and Getting Ahead of the Perfect Legal Storm.

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