HR Newsflash - ACAS guidance on mental health in the workplace

ACAS has published new guidance on making reasonable adjustments for mental health in the workplace. The guide can be found here.

The guidance covers:

• What reasonable adjustments for mental health are
• Examples of reasonable adjustments for mental health
• Requesting reasonable adjustments for mental health
• Responding to reasonable adjustments for mental health requests
• Managing employees with reasonable adjustments for mental health
• Reviewing policies with mental health in mind

The guide is worth reading for all employers, HR professionals and those with management responsibility for staff.

Employers are only legally required to make reasonable adjustments if they know (or could reasonably be expected to know) that a member of staff is disabled. However, to help individuals perform to their best, to help with staff retention, to boost morale and to reduce sickness absence, making reasonable adjustments, where there is no disability, can have benefits for employers.

Some employers and employees may not feel comfortable discussing mental health. The guidance also covers preparation for meetings to discuss mental health and for employers, how to have a conversation with a member of staff about their mental health.

The guidance is a useful resource to have at your fingertips. 

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