A happy workplace is a productive workplace.
That’s according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, which wants to spread that message on Healthy Workplace Safety Month. Workplace Health Liaison Lisa Van Der Vinne says when workplaces take the time and effort to support employee mental health, it pays off.
Van Der Vinne adds an employee’s mental wellbeing is just as important as their physical safety. She says if something is troubling an employee, that person should say something, but the employer should have a supportive environment.
While no stats are available for Muskoka, the Mental Health Commission of Canada says one in five Canadians will experience a mental health illness in any given year.
The report also says that this is costing the national economy more than 50 billion dollars.
With files from Kenny Trenton.