Sairanen Sari, Matzanke Deanna, Smeall Doug
National Health and Safety Director, CAW Canada.
Director, Global Employment Strategies, Global Human Resources and Communications, Scotiabank.
Healthc Pap. 2011;11 Spec No:78-84. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2011.22413.
There has been a change in the mindset of businesses in recent years. Companies are starting to realize that proactively helping their employees to maintain mental health is beneficial, both for their workers and their business. In this article, we present three different but complementary views - those of an advocate, an employer and a provider - on helping employees maintain mental, and physical, health. In the first section, Sari Sairanen outlines programs and services to manage stress and maintain mental health that have been developed by the Canadian Auto Workers' union and implemented in partnership with employers, wellness providers, service agencies and other community partners. The union focuses on raising awareness and providing education, as well as removing the stigma associated with mental illness. Deanna Matzanke, in her section, discusses the commitment of a company, Scotiabank, to create and maintain an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its employees. It has recently worked with providers to develop and implement integrated services dealing specifically with mental health illness and addiction, which aid not only its current employees but also possible future employees. Finally, Doug Smeall shares his observations as an insurer at Sun Life Financial, who has seen the rates of both short-term and long-term disabilities increase. He elaborates on the collaborative work between insurers and employers to help employees maintain their mental health, and to return to work sooner when issues do occur. Ultimately, this article argues that unions, employers and insurers can work together with partners and employees to promote and maintain employee health because, as Sairanen asserts, "preventing a problem in the first place is the best strategy."
近年来，企业的思维模式发生了变化。公司开始意识到，积极帮助员工保持心理健康对员工和企业都有益处。在本文中，我们呈现三种不同但相辅相成的观点——倡导者、雇主和供应商的观点——关于帮助员工保持身心健康。在第一部分，萨里·赛拉宁概述了加拿大汽车工人联盟制定并与雇主、健康服务提供商、服务机构及其他社区合作伙伴合作实施的管理压力和保持心理健康的项目与服务。该联盟专注于提高意识、提供教育，以及消除与精神疾病相关的污名。迪安娜·马赞克在她的部分讨论了丰业银行这家公司致力于为所有员工创建并维持一个包容且无障碍的工作场所。它最近与供应商合作开发并实施了专门针对心理健康疾病和成瘾问题 的综合服务，这不仅有助于其现有员工，也有助于未来可能的员工。最后，道格·斯莫尔分享了他作为宏利金融保险公司员工的观察结果。他看到短期和长期残疾率都有所上升。他详细阐述了保险公司与雇主之间为帮助员工保持心理健康以及在出现问题时能更快重返工作岗位而开展的合作。最终，本文认为工会、雇主和保险公司可以与合作伙伴及员工共同努力，促进和维护员工健康，因为正如赛拉宁所断言的，“从一开始预防问题就是最佳策略”。
