When it comes to employees’ psychological health, Australian employers are increasingly focusing on reducing psychosocial risks in the workplace — and there’s lessons for Canadian employers in this approach, said Peter Smith, president and senior scientist at the Institute for Work & Health, during a Tuesday webinar hosted by the organization.

“If employers only focus on individuals’ mental health, they start thinking very broadly about the factors outside of the workplace that could impact mental health. . . . Prevention strategies are really shifting from a very individual-level focus about good resilience to a much greater focus on the organization and organizational readiness.”

Read: A look at Australia’s approach to psychosocial risk management in the workplace

The IWH recently conducted a study across 22 jurisdictions in Canada and Australia. It involved a........

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