International Wheelchair Day: Workplace mental health support needed

Adam Saville
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Employers should consider more than just physical assistance for disabled workers and group insurance policies should play a part

Today is International Wheelchair Day and therefore an ideal chance to remind employers of the importance of providing mental health wellbeing support to people with disabilities, says RedArc. The nurse service has recommended that all employers assess their group insurance policies to identify what mental health support is provided to individual employees, as well as HR training for line managers. Even if the financial aspect of insurance is limited to specific groups of staff, many insurance policies provide mental health support to all employees, the nurse service has advised. M...

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