Mental health in the workplace: laws, regulations, and standards

Recorded: 24 June 2022  (11:30 – 13:00 UK time)

What’s this mental health in the workplace webinar about?

Employers have a legal obligation to secure the health and safety of their employees – whether they’re in the workplace or working from home.

This webinar looks at the current legal obligations in relation to mental health and well-being at work, and explores how the guidance in BS ISO 45003 – the world’s first standard on psychological health and safety at work – can help employers not only comply with the law, but build a healthy organization where employees flourish.

Who should attend this mental health in the workplace webinar?

This session will be relevant to all sectors and sizes of organization.

What will participants gain from this mental health in the workplace webinar?

• The latest on employers’ legal obligations around mental health and well-being at work
• Support with the psychological impacts of the pandemic
• Clarity on how law and regulation interact with BS ISO 45003
• Help with implementing the guidance in BS ISO 45003 and improving OH&S performance
• A post-event copy of all presentations and a recording of the webinar

To learn how your organization should and can build good mental health at work, book your FREE place at this webinar.  

Agenda

11:30 – 11:35 Welcome and introduction - Sally Swingewood (Lead Standards Development Manager, British Standards Institution)

11:35 – 11:50 Exploring the world’s first standard on the subject ISO 45003 - Sally Swingewood (Lead Standards Development Manager, British Standards Institution)

11:50 – 12:05 Regulatory framework: promoting mental health in the workplace – Peter Kelly (Senior Psychologist, Health and Safety Executive)

12:05 – 12:20 Legal obligations of managing mental health in the workplace – David Sillitoe (Employment Law Partner, Robinson Ralph)

12:20 – 13:00 Q&A Session

13:00 End of webinar

Sally is responsible for working with both national and international experts to develop documents that help organizations of all types to improve the way they operate and to better protect the people who work for them. She engages with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure the widest possible views are taken into account when the UK inputs to international standards and frequently holds public meetings to encourage users of the standards to raise issues and propose improvements.

Sally is the manager of the ISO technical committee responsible for the world’s first international standard on occupational health and safety management, ISO 45001, and is actively involved in the development of ISO 45003 (guidance on psychological health and safety at work) which will also be the first globally agreed standard of its type.

David is an experienced Employment Law Partner who began working as a paralegal in 2003 at a consultancy where he represented employers at Employment Tribunals. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2008 and joined Robinson Ralph as a Partner in September 2019. Robinson Ralph is a national firm advising UK and international clients on the full range of contentious and non-contentious UK employment law related matters.

People say nice things about him like: "He has always strived to deal with matters in a business centric manner which has been very refreshing. His approach is very down to earth & he’s dealt with matters quickly & efficiently. I would highly recommend him”; and "If what you need are ANSWERS, instead of the impotent suggestions you'll normally get from overly-cautious lawyers: hands down, David is your man. I literally can't recommend him highly enough."

Peter is a technical expert on prevention of work-related stress and promotion of mental health and a specialist inspector for enforcement action on these topics. He was part of the team of psychologists involved in developing the scientific knowledge base for the HSE’s Management Standards approach to tackling work-related stress in Great Britain. Over the last 20 years he has co–authored a number of research papers published on those Standards. He has sat as a co-opted expert on National Institute of Clinical Excellence Review of Mental Health Promotion within the Workplace and on the Department for Health’s United Kingdom SHIFT Expert Review Panel on Workplace Mental Health Guidance.

In addition to his HSE role, Peter is the External Relations Chair of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EU-OSHA). He has been involved in working across the EU on a number of initiatives in relation to psychosocial hazards and risk prevention. Scientific Expert Panel member to ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety in workplaces.

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BSI is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with this webinar contributing to Goal 3 on good health and well-being, Goal 5 on gender equality, Goal 8 on decent work and economic growth and Goal 10 on reduced inequalities.