Mental health in the workplace
THE City Mental Health Alliance (CMHA) has launched a mental health and race toolkit to help businesses support the mental health of their ethnic minority employees.
Four actions listed in the toolkit include challenging racism in the workplace; setting up inclusive mental health and wellbeing support; allocating board level responsibility and measuring data to track what does and doesn’t work.
“People who are black or from a minority ethnic background have been the most impacted by inequality and racism, often since childhood. Last year, they have also been affected by triggering conversations following George Floyd’s tragic death, and a disproportionate Covid-19 impact,” said Poppy Jaman, CEO of the CMHA.
“Over the past six months, we have seen ... commitment to action from the business world to address racial disparity. Our hope is this toolkit will help organisations to build on this commitment, take action and better support and create positive mental health of employees who are black or from a minority ethnic background.”