Working Group | Mental Health in the Workplace

This working group will focus on 'Mental Health in the Workplace'

Every year 1 in 5 Australians will experience some form of mental health challenge.

Put another way, every day, millions of Australians go to work while experiencing a mental health problem.

The impact of this is enormous, affecting workplace productivity, performance, and employee well-being. 

Given that the average Australian worker will spend close to a third of their lives at work, the workplace is an ideal place for early intervention for mental health issues.

The cost of mental health problems in Australia:

      $4.7B

$4.7 billion in absenteeism

      $6.1B

$6.1 billion in presenteeism

      $146M

$146M in annual compensation costs

More workplaces are realising the importance of managing mental health at work and recognising the benefits of creating mentally healthy workplaces.

What is a Mentally Healthy Workplace?

A mentally healthy workplace is one that understands that work can play a large role in an individual’s mental health and that mental health problems can have a huge impact on an individual.

Mentally healthy workplaces promote education and adopt policies and practices that create a culture of care where employees are encouraged to talk openly about mental health.

On 11th August 2022, you have an opportunity to share what you are doing and learn what others are doing in this critical space.

Hosted at Coca Cola EuroPacific Partners in Richlands QLD, we will have ample opportunity to discuss the topic and hear from two expert speakers, including:
Presenter 1:    

    Dr. JEMMA KING    
    Honorary Fellow, UQ School of Psychology
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Jemma is currently consulting with CCEP on a fatigue/sleep study. Jemma has worked with Australian Olympic Swim teams, Australian and US elite military, amongst others.

Presenter 2:    

    LIZ TULLY    
    Founder and Owner, Mental Wealth at Work
    LinkedIn Profile

HR Manager with over 20 years’ experience within the corporate world.

About the host: 

    COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS
    Website

Some areas this workshop will explore:

• What current mental health issues are you facing in your workplace?
• What are other organisations doing around mental health?
• How are sleep and shift patterns affecting your resilience?
• What external options are out that to help us?

So please come along to this Working Group and share what you are doing around mental health in the workplace.

Agenda

8:30     Arrival and registration

9:00     Introductions

9:15     Session 1 – Roundtable Workshop: What Mental Health Challenges are you facing in your workplace?

9:45     Feedback from Workgroups and Open discussion

10:10   Morning tea

10:30   Session 2 – Presentation – Coca Cola EuroPacific Partners - Dr Jemma King - Fatigue and Sleep

11:00   Q&A and Open Discussion

11:20   Session 3 – Liz Tully - Mental Wealth at Work

11:50   Q&A and Open Discussion

12:10   Lunch

12:40   Site Tour

1:30     Key Insights and further questions

2:00     Event ends

Who should attend?
This event is ideal for the People and Culture and Health and Wellbeing leaders within our membership.

As a member of IPA you can register up to 2 people, subject to availability, to attend this event. This event is for IPA members only, there will be no public access to this event. 

When do I need to register by?
Registrations close 7 days prior to event date. 
Registrations are based on a "first come, first served" basis. 
There are no allocated seats with membership.

Who can I contact for further information? 

     
     Samantha Jeffrey
     samantha@industrypartners.com.au 
     0438 058 823