The ILO, with support from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, has conducted situation analyses looking at the extent of mental health difficulties and the policy measures which have been introduced to address the issue in the workplace in Finland, Germany, Poland, UK and USA. The analyses examine the relevant legislative framework; the economic costs of mental illness; the role of government and social partners in mental health promotion and highlight enterprise prevention programmes, which aim to include mental health promotion in their human resources policies.

The main objective of these situation analyses is to provide information about mental health in the workplace that governmental agencies, trade unions, employers’ organizations and non-governmental organisations can use as a reference material in order to design programmes to promote mental health and create educational materials.


Providing a Practical Guide

A joint WHO/ILO Monograph Mental Health and Work: Impact, issues and good practices has been prepared for human resource managers, mental health professionals, rehabilitation workers and policy makers. It examines the impact of mental health problems in the workplace, gives examples of good workplace practices to promote mental health, examines the importance of work for people with mental health problems, discusses different vocational rehabilitation strategies and programmes and provides good examples of workplace programmes.



For more information, contact:
Barbara Murray, murrayb@ilo.org