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The federal government and one of its largest unions have agreed to work more closely on reducing mental health concerns in the workplace.
On Friday, the government announced that it had set up a joint task force with the Public Service Alliance of Canada to find ways to deal with mental health challenges in federal offices. It will look at ways to push national standards that would make government workplaces psychologically safer for public servants.
The announcement is a first step towards addressing the concerns PSAC has raised at the bargaining table with the government, as it looks to enshrine the Canadian mental health commission’s national standard for psychological health and safety in the workplace in the contracts of the more than 100,000 employees it represents.
If that were accepted, it would be the first time federal contracts would extend to protect the psychological health of employees.
The task force will run parallel to those negotiations and could be the test site to see if the union’s larger demands can be easily met by the federal government.
A government release said the task force would, among other things, review national standards for psychological health and safety in the workplace and identify how could best they can be met in the public service.
“Mental health issues have long been important to me. I am prepared to work with all bargaining agents, as we take this step in improving how we deal with mental health challenges in our workplaces, and reducing the stigma that is often attached to mental illness,” Treasury Board President Tony Clement said in a news release.
– With files from Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen
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On Friday, the government announced that it had set up a joint task force with the Public Service Alliance of Canada to find ways to deal with mental health challenges in federal offices. It will look at ways to push national standards that would make government workplaces psychologically safer for public servants.
The announcement is a first step towards addressing the concerns PSAC has raised at the bargaining table with the government, as it looks to enshrine the Canadian mental health commission’s national standard for psychological health and safety in the workplace in the contracts of the more than 100,000 employees it represents.
If that were accepted, it would be the first time federal contracts would extend to protect the psychological health of employees.
The task force will run parallel to those negotiations and could be the test site to see if the union’s larger demands can be easily met by the federal government.
A government release said the task force would, among other things, review national standards for psychological health and safety in the workplace and identify how could best they can be met in the public service.
“Mental health issues have long been important to me. I am prepared to work with all bargaining agents, as we take this step in improving how we deal with mental health challenges in our workplaces, and reducing the stigma that is often attached to mental illness,” Treasury Board President Tony Clement said in a news release.
– With files from Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen
jpress@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/jpress
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