There are many different aspects of diversity and inclusivity that businesses need to acknowledge when they update their processes. Many companies have been showing their commitment to building fairer and more diverse ways of working. The challenge and impact of managing mental health in the workplace is often overlooked during conversations about diversity and inclusion, but it is important to discuss the emotional effects of discrimination on mental health.
That’s why Give A Grad A Go have partnered with Charlotte Wiseman for our latest webinar ‘Why you should be including Mental Health in your Diversity and Inclusion Processes’ taking place at 11.30am on Tuesday 25th May.
It is important to see how diversity and mental health are interlinked. In the past, there have been mental health discrimination cases companies need to focus on supporting the Mental Health of their employees as a part of your Diversity and Inclusion processes.
Not only is it important to be inclusive of those living with mental ill health, but it is necessary to recognise the negative impact on mental wellbeing as a direct cause of discrimination.
Mental Health and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) are closely connected. Mental health discrimination at work and stigma can face a lack of representation, microaggressions, unconscious bias and other stressors that impact their mental health and psychological safety at work. This can have a negative effect on your employees mental health, which is damaging to the individual and also your company. Not supporting the equality and diversity mental health of your employees can result in low employee satisfaction, a lack of productivity and may even be against the mental health discrimination act.
For more information about how to manage mental health in the workplace see our YouTube video here:
Both factors are extremely important and also relative to each other. Employers striving to achieve a fully diverse workforce, will need to focus on their mental health diversity and support in their workplaces and their community. You cannot truly create a diverse workforce with mental health discrimination in the workplace.
Creating an inclusive working environment is something that needs to be sensitively executed to optimize fairness and equality for everyone. There are numerous aspects of diversity which can be applicable in different ways to people, for example, due to racial, gender, sexuality, religious or disabled discrimination. When you are improving your cultural diversity and mental health considerations for policy and practice, it is important to question how does diversity affect us and understand diversity in mental health.
There are many ways in which you can start to focus on improving the equality and diversity mental health initiative at your company. The first thing to do is to look at Give A Grad A Go’s guide to Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in the workplace. We would also recommend finding out what is diversity in the workplace, looking up examples of mental health discrimination at work and researching mental health stigma statistics. reviewing your processes to see where you might be able to improve good mental health of diverse employees.
If you are looking to reduce mental health discrimination in workplace environments then it could be worth performing a risk assessment to find areas that you can work on. Here are some mental health discrimination examples to be aware of:
If you want more tips and advice on how to create an inclusive working environment and eliminate mental health discrimination then join our latest webinar to find out more.
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