Addressing mental health in New Zealand's workplaces

This chapter reviews policies, programmes and activities of key stakeholders involved in promoting mental wellbeing within New Zealand’s workplaces and retaining workers who experience mental health problems. The analysis looks, in particular, at the common ways in which employers manage mental health risks and address concerns when they emerge how public campaigns combat stigma, discrimination and misconceptions surrounding mental health how New Zealand helps workers with mental health problems reintegrate into the labour market and how sickness leave policies help or hinder them. Throughout this chapter, the analysis draws upon the OECD Council Recommendation on Integrated Mental Health, Skills and Work Policy of 2015 as the primary benchmark for best practices in this field.