Mental health at work resources

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Brief information on reasonable accommodations addressing individuals with depression.

EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit is a gateway to background, tools and resources that can help employers learn more about mental health issues and cultivate a welcoming and supportive work environment for employees who may be facing mental health issues. It also presents an easy-to-follow framework for fostering a mental health-friendly workplace, all built around the “4 A’s”: Awareness, Accommodations, Assistance and Access.

A guide for managers providing information on how to appropriately support workers with mental health conditions. It also provides information about how to develop and promote a safe and healthy work environment for all workers.

Information on range of options available to managers when supporting a staff member back to work, including information on reasonable accommodation.

This guide for employers and employees provides information about discrimination, disclosure of mental health conditions and reasonable accommodation.

Step by step guidance on how and when to provide reasonable accommodation. It includes company practices and model policy, among other things.

This guidance contains information, practical advice and templates to help managers facilitate conversations about stress and mental health problems. The aim is to put in place support so employees can stay well and in work.

Handbook for employers on disclosure of mental health conditions.

Brief information for individuals on disclosure of mental health conditions at work.

Brief instructions to employees on how to disclose a mental health condition to their employers

The e-learning module explains the duty to accommodate, the standard of undue hardship, and how accommodation is a shared responsibility. It is divided into two parts, and takes about 20-30 minutes.  It is intended for the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Leaflet explaining the legal requirement under equality law for employers to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities, and what that might mean for employees with mental health conditions.

Resource providing information that help employers determine effective accommodations and comply legal requirements.

A resource can help clarify job expectations, identify employee abilities and develop accommodations when mental health is a factor.

The website provides recommendations on potential reasonable accommodation strategies for individuals with mental health conditions. In addition, it contains videos from employer and employee and additional resources.

A template that can be downloaded to help begin and record a discussion on reasonable adjustments between an employee requesting reasonable accommodation and employer.

A guide for local authority line managers to help them provide reasonable accommodation at work for employees with mental health conditions.

Brief guidance notes intended to help employers think through the potential adjustments at work for individuals with mental health conditions. They include practical advice, good practices and links to other resources which might help them to support job retention and return to work.

A guideline providing information on how to appropriately support workers with mental health conditions. It also provides the information about how to develop and promote a safe and healthy work environment for all workers.

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) has taken the initiative to help promote mental health in workplaces. This resource is intended for employers and managers. It offers business case and practical advice mental health promotion and stress prevention, as well as how to manage and support individuals who are experiencing stress, and mental health conditions. In addition, this resource contains a 7-step plan on how to create a mentally healthy workplace.

A resource to help employers, teachers, employees and students address work and school issues, reasonable accommodations, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This website contains information related to laws, disclosure, and situations related to having a mental illness in the workplace or school setting.

The examples of accommodations that have helped employees with psychiatric disabilities to more effectively perform their jobs. The list does not include all possible accommodations, but it is a good starting point and provides some of the most effective and frequently used workplace accommodations.

The report provides findings of the National Employee Mental Wellbeing Survey as well as examples of good company practices addressing workplace mental health, including return to work.

This in-depth resource for line managers and HR professionals, sets out practical steps employers can take to support at every stage
of the mental health spectrum – whether they’re stressed or have a diagnosed mental health condition.

This toolkit serves to help the organization in supporting the mental health and well-being of the employees. It aims to help to take positive actions towards building a culture that champions good mental health and provide a greater understanding and support for employees with mental health conditions. It is intended both for small and medium size enterprises and for big organizations. The toolkit includes case studies and provides direct links to additional resources.

This web-based application provides a common language and guidelines for reasonable accommodation and walks you through the various steps required to provide an accommodation.