Factors Leading to Successful Workplace Integration of Employees who Have Experienced Mental Illness

Abstract

This article reports the findings from a survey of Canadian employers conducted to assess their responses in the development of an inclusive and supportive workplace for employees returning after a prolonged absence due to mental illness. To minimize costs and maximize productivity for companies it was found that employers typically manage employee absence in four ways: information concerning workplace absence, intervention strategies to prevent the absence, absence management and a planned and structured return-to-work program.

Key Words:

• Employee assistance
• mental illness
• reintegration
• supervisors
• workplace