UAP Inc. is supporting employee well-being on World Mental Health Day and beyond through an holistic wellness program while reinforcing workplace policies to align with Quebec legislation aimed at improving workers’ psychological safety.

The employer’s global health strategy was launched in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, with mental health a key focus of the initiative from day one, says Geneviève Hébert, the company’s senior director of global compensation. She notes mandatory mental-health training was introduced for UAP’s executives and then expanded to include managers and employees.

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“It was really important for us to reduce stigma and build a psychologically safe culture, so we made the training mandatory.........

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