New online toolkit on keeping in touch during sickness absence

Many people in the workforce, at all levels and in all sectors, will have experience of a mental health problem. The Like Minds, Like Mine programme, from the Mental Health Foundation, is offering some practical advice to employers on best practice when keeping in touch with employees during sickness absence.

One in five New Zealanders experience a mental illness every year and it is important to note that the vast majority of people who have time off for a mental health problem return to work successfully.

 However, there are steps that employers can take to make any employee absence and the transition back to work go as smoothly as possible.

 An online toolkit on keeping in touch during sickness absence for both employees with experience of mental illness and their employers is available through Like Minds. Areas covered include best practice for supporting an employee who is off sick. Visit http://www.likeminds.org.nz/page/164-Employment+Employers-toolkit to view the toolkit.