A Carswell Implementation Guide
This book is about mental injuries in the workplace – what they are, how to assess the risks of their occurrence, how to prevent legal liability for them and how to create psychologically safe workplaces. Mental injury at work has become a recognized category of harm in the law over the last 15 years and every year it becomes more important for employers to understand what it is and how to prevent it. In this book, the authors combine their perspectives on the legal imperative to provide a psychologically safe work environment with strategies and stories that come from actual experiences in the field of workplace mental health. By sharing the worst case scenario – being held legally liable for causing mental injury to an employee – along with the successful approaches used by others, you will learn what to avoid as well as practical strategies to prevent problems.
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About the Authors
Martin Shain S.J.D.
Dr. Martin Shain is principal of the Neighbour at Work Centre®, a consulting agency in the area of workplace mental health and safety [www.neighbouratwork.com]. Martin is trained in both law and social science. He was for many years a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He has published three books and, over his career, more than 75 scholarly, trade and popular articles. Currently he holds appointments in the department of public health at the University of Toronto and Simon Fraser University where he is involved in research, development and teaching.
Martin helps private and public sector employers and unions understand and meet their new legal obligations to provide and maintain psychologically safe workplaces. AS part of his mission to enhance the protection of mental health at work, he campaigns for development of national standards to help employers assess and abate risks to mental health in the workplace.
Mary Ann Baynton, MSW, RSW
Mary Ann Baynton provides services to organizations who wish to improve or address issues related to workplace mental health through Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Consulting. As the former director of Mental Health Works www.mentalhealthworks.ca , an initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, she helped create a multiple-award winning program. Mary Ann serves as the Program Director for the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, a long-term public service commitment by Great-West Life. Projects through the Centre are publicly available through www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com .
As a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Workforce Advisory Committee Mary Ann contributes to various projects including A Leadership Framework for Advancing Workplace Mental Health www.mhccleadership.ca . Mary Ann acknowledges that it is those who have experienced mental health issues and those who want to help them in the workplace that are responsible for the value of her work, including the strategies shared in this book.