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Head Office Circular: NP/81/23
11th April 2023
To: The Secretary
ALL BRANCHES
ALL SHIPPING BRANCHES
REGIONAL COUNCILS
Dear Colleague,
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK, 15th – 21st MAY 2023
The focus this year is on the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on our mental health.
I encourage you to support Mind, with whom RMT shares a relationship, this Mental Health Awareness Week
It is important for employers to take an employee's mental health problem seriously and with the same care as a physical illness. ACAS has published guidance and resources to help support employers and employees when handling reasonable adjustments for mental health at work, including practical steps and what considerations they should be aware of.
This Reasonable Adjustments for Mental Health advice covers:
- What reasonable adjustments for mental health are
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for mental health
- Requesting reasonable adjustments for mental health
- Responding to reasonable adjustments for mental health requests
- Managing employees with reasonable adjustments for mental health
- Reviewing policies with mental health in mind
Although RMT cannot offer medical help or counselling, we can however help sort out problems connected with work that can trigger members’ stress, anxiety, and depression. For more information on this please see this RMT advice: Mental health – a trade union issue
The Mental Health section of RMT’s website can be viewed in full here
Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of relevant members.
Yours sincerely
Michael Lynch
General Secretary