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What is a Mentally Healthy Workplace?

Mental health is a state of wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community (World Health Organization, 2022). 

A mentally healthy workplace is a workplace that supports and encourages the development of employee mental health. 

It is a workplace where:

  • People feel good about coming to work,
  • People feel free to speak about concerns or stress,
  • Workplace risks to mental health are minimised,
  • People both with and without mental health conditions feel supported and able to do their best work, and
  • There is a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination. 

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