
Mental health in the workplace
Workplace mental health: It’s ok not to be ok
Episode 49 | 10 October 2023
With one in five employees experiencing mental illness in their lifetime and an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, tackling mental health issues in the workplace may seem insurmountable. Yet according to management expert, Emily Rosado-Solomon, there are pre-emptive quick fixes that employers could take that would make all the difference to employees suffering from chronic mental health conditions - including simply letting employees know that it’s ok not to be ok.
Discover the four steps that employers can take to ease mental stress at work before it starts, and why common sense actions to achieve well-being at work, are not common at all.
Find out more
- Adjusting jobs to protect workers’ mental health is both easier and harder than you might think — Feature article by Emily Rosado-Solomon, Jaclyn Koopmann, Matthew A. Cronin
- Mental Health and Mental Illness in Organizations: A Review, Comparison, and Extension — Academic paper by Emily H. Rosado-Solomon, Jaclyn Koopmann, Wyatt Lee and Matthew A. Cronin
- Mental health at work — ILO/WHO joint policy brief
- World Mental Health Day - October 10 — WHO website
Featuring
Guest

Emily Rosado-Solomon
Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College
Host

Rosalind Yarde
Chief of News and Media in the ILO’s Department of Communication (2021-2023)