Mental health risks in the workplace: Advanced knowledge for works councils

This advanced training course presents tried and tested procedures for assessing mental health risks in the workplace. These procedures effectively combat working conditions that cause physical and mental illness.

The training course also discusses ways that works councils can conduct risk assessments that fulfil their requirement to supervise working conditions, and it explores options to involve employees in the process.

Participants will acquire the skills they need to initiate and supervise risk assessment for mental health.

The training course at a glance:

• Assessment of past and present stressors at the company
• Mental health risks in the workplace
• Risk assessment: methods, tools, criteria, actors
• Steps in the risk assessment procedure: organisational requirements, documenting health hazards, assessing results; defining, implementing, documenting and monitoring measures
• Works council activities in this context; enforcing co-determination rights
• Employee participation and instruction
• Works agreements: Key points, review of existing agreements