Category
Mental Health at Work
73 articles
Absence Rate vs Presenteeism vs Workload Exposure: 3 Decision Paths for HR and EHS Leaders
Absence rate, presenteeism, and workload exposure reveal different parts of workplace mental-health risk. This comparison helps HR and EHS leaders choose the first decision, owner, and verification step.
Suicide Prevention at Work Explained: 4 Safeguards Managers Can Build
Suicide prevention at work is an organizational safety responsibility as well as a clinical issue. These four safeguards help managers reduce silence, improve access to help, and address harmful work conditions.
EAP vs Manager Conversation vs Work Redesign: Which Response Fits a Workplace Mental-Health Signal?
Compare an EAP, a manager conversation, and work redesign so leaders can match a workplace mental-health response to the condition employees are actually experiencing.
Return-to-Work Explained: 4 Coordination Tests That Protect Recovery
Return-to-work succeeds when managers coordinate work design, health information, supervision, and follow-up instead of treating absence as an isolated HR event.
General Symptom Index Explained: 4 Interpretation Tests for Workplace Well-Being Data
The General Symptom Index can help EHS and HR teams detect patterns in reported distress, but a score is not a diagnosis or a substitute for work-design analysis. This guide explains four tests that keep well-being data useful and responsible.
Workload Recovery Explained: 4 Management Signals That Protect Safer Decisions
Workload recovery is not a wellness slogan or a request for people to cope better. It is the management capacity to notice when work intensity, shift design, and low control are reducing the attention needed for safe decisions.
Compassion Fatigue Explained: 3 Distinctions Managers Need to Make
Compassion fatigue is not burnout. This glossary separates three related experiences so managers can choose a safer response without turning care into surveillance.
How a Global EHS Portfolio Turned Mental-Health Concerns Into Safer Work Decisions
Across more than 250 companies and 30+ countries, Andreza Araujo has seen that mental-health support becomes a safety control only when leaders connect early human signals to work conditions, accountable decisions, and proof that exposure changed.
How to Build a Manager Check-In for Early Work Strain in 30 Days
A manager check-in can surface workload strain before it becomes absence, unsafe work, or a crisis, but only when it connects conversation to work design and clear escalation.
3 Myths About Workplace Mental Health Programs That Operations Leaders Still Believe
Workplace mental health programs become useful when operations leaders treat them as part of work design, manager capability, and occupational health rather than as a standalone awareness campaign or EAP benefit.