Resources
Various tools
Surveys, examples of policies, processes, reports, etc.
A primer on creating menopause-friendly workplaces
This tool provides resources and practical advice to help not only women navigate these changes but also organizations support them effectively, fostering an inclusive and caring work environment that is essential for their well-being and performance.
Mental health first aid : a useful tool to add to your overall strategy for mental health and well-being in the workplace
This tool will introduce you to the mental health first aid program, and provide you with concrete guidelines for implementing a mental health first aid strategy.
Managing ecoanxiety: Mobilizing employees for action
This tool will help you understand ecoanxiety, its context and its impacts and explore potential solutions to help employees deal with it.
Discover the 10 components of workload
This tool will help you learn about the 10 key components of workload so that you can act appropriately to promote sustainable well-being in your organization.
Properly prepare for your day working remotely
We present this guide on well-being while working remotely, which, we hope, will help you better manage your time, the boundaries between your personal life and your professional life and the use of diverse technologies, with the goal of helping you take care of your physical and mental health.
Thematic dossier : Nutrition
This thematic dossier includes 2 tools dedicated to human resources managers, 5 information and awareness fact sheets intended for employees and 1 complementary tool on physical activity. More than 60 scientific references were considered in the development of this file.
Workplace Health and Well-Being: What indicators to use to measure the success of your strategy over time
In this video, Marie-Claude Pelletier, President and founder of Global-Watch and an expert on the subject of indicators, identifies the factors to consider before starting an initiative aimed at identifying the right indicators to monitor and then provides an overview of the five steps of the initiative suggested and documented by Global-Watch.
Free videos – Thematic dossier: New workplace realities: organizational initiatives and management practices that promote mental health
Video presentations available for free : The contents of this thematic dossier present organizational initiatives to be deployed or management practices to be implemented in your companies to promote mental health and well-being at work. The following topics will be explored in the form of reference guides, tools for your managers and videos: disconnection, peer support programs, daily management practices and recognition at work.
Thematic dossier: New workplace realities: organizational initiatives and management practices that promote mental health
The contents of this thematic dossier present organizational initiatives to be deployed or management practices to be implemented in your companies to promote mental health and well-being at work. The following topics will be explored in the form of reference guides, tools for your managers and videos: disconnection, peer support programs, daily management practices and recognition at work.
Self-Management of Mental Health at Work – Reference guide for employees
There are quite a few self-management strategies. This reference guide presents some examples of strategies that may seem obvious, but which have been identified by a research as the most useful for supporting mental health at work.
7 tips for rebuilding social connections within your team
Tips for promoting social connections at work, whether they be for working in person, remotely or in a hybrid context.
Global-Watch Thematic Conferences
The Global-Watch Thematic Conferences are developed to help understand, learn and act on the main issues related to workplace mental health and well-being.
Facing pandemic fatigue with your teams: the power of dialogue
Open a dialogue with your teams and cope with pandemic fatigue
4 Tools to Promote a Healthy Work Climate
4 Tools Developed to Help Organizations Promote a Healthy Work Climate. Aimed as much at Human Resources Managers as to employees.
Thematic dossier: Transition to hybrid work mode
Le télétravail est, sans contredit, un sujet d’intérêt pour toutes les parties prenantes de l’organisation, de par ses avantages, mais aussi ses défis!
Reference guides on digital fatigue
Understand digital fatigue to limit its effects on health and well-being.
Thematic dossier: Well-being and Remote Working
Working remotely is, without a doubt, a topic of interest for all stakeholders in the organization, because of its advantages but also because of its challenges!
Video – Are you sleeping well?
Video – Are you sleeping well?
Checklist: 12 Questions to Ask Before Implementing a Workplace Health and Well-Being Standard
For the use of well-being, quality of work life, prevention, physical and psychological health standards
Where are you on the mental health continuum?
The mental health continuum. Taken from Checking our mental health vital signs. Programme d’aide aux médecins du Québec (PAMQ). 2020.
Video capsule with Dr. Bérengère Petit-LeToumelin
Video capsule with Dr. Bérengère Petit-LeToumelin, occupational health services coordinating doctor at BNP Paribas
Concise guide Are you sleeping well?
A tool to help employees better understand various sleep problems and how they can impact them and their loved ones.
Material shared by employers exclusively for affiliates
Tools developed and used by employers
Critical Incidents in the Railway Industry: Preventing Negative Psychological Effects in Locomotive Engineers and Train Conductors
This tool addresses several aspects for an organization to consider when trying to improve their support to employees involved in a critical incident
Standards for workplace health and well-being: Overview and possible approaches for employers
The launch in March 2018 of the standard ISO 45001 – the first international voluntary standard for workplace health and well-being – was an excellent opportunity for Global-Watch to look at current workplace health and well-being standards and to encourage employers to think about using them.
3 initiatives to facilitate the return to work after mental health issues
In this video, Global-Watch presents 3 initiatives (Denmark, UK, Quebec) that facilitate the return to work after mental health issues.
Psychological Health at Work – Some Frequently Asked Questions
Marie-Claude Pelletier, President and Founder of Global-Watch, and France St-Hilaire, Associate professor, Human Resource Management, Université de Sherbrooke and Scientific director of Global-Watch answer some frequently asked questions about psychological health in the workplace.
New technologies and new business models: how to take them into account without compromising employee health and productivity?
The global economy is evolving rapidly. Companies must embrace innovation and adapt to changes in industry and the economy, including the need to integrate new, digital technologies. This paper provides a summary of three reports and various case studies illustrating the impacts of this phenomenon on businesses.
Bullying in the workplace: Overview from the 2018 Conference on Bullying in Bordeaux
The 11th International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH) conference took place on June 5 to 8, 2018, in Bordeaux. The association aims to stimulate and generate ideas and research and to incorporate and disseminate research results and best practices in the area of harassment and bullying in the workplace.
Pr. Kevin Kelloway : impact of leadership on the workplace health and well-being
Global-Watch a eu le privilège de recevoir le Pr. Kevin Kelloway le 29 mai 2018 à Montréal, lors de la 1re édition québécoise de ses Rendez-vous biannuels. Ce prestigieux professeur de la St-Mary’s University, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la santé psychologique au travail, a présenté ses travaux sur l’incidence du leadership sur une culture positive de santé et bien-être au travail.
Are healthcare programs for Canadian workers worth it?
Sanofi Canada announced the results of the 21st edition of the Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey on June 14 in Montréal. The survey is broad and detailed. It assesses the health of Canadian workers (“members”) with employer-sponsored healthcare plans and the concerns of companies or employers (“sponsors”) offering healthcare plans to their employees.
Digital transformation : EUROGIP Debates Meeting Report
What are the challenges and opportunities of the digital transformation for health and safety at work in Europe?
The question was at the heart of the EUROGIP Debates that took place on Thursday, March 15, 2018 (Paris).
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Integrate workplace health and well-being one step at a time
The transtheoretical model of the stages of change is based on the premise that not all employees are necessarily at the same stage, and that your tools and programs must take this into account. Global-Watch framework for intervention makes it possible to better understand the systemic dynamics of an organization when it wishes to put in place health and well-being actions.
Afnor: Situation of health and quality of life in France and tools to facilitate the deployment of an approach (in French)
In France, health and quality of life at work (QWL) is an issue of corporate social responsibility, which affects social, societal and economic aspects. AFNOR presents the situation of QWL in France, as well as tools to facilitate the deployment of an approach.
Australian workers ‘grin and bear’ it in silent workplace bullying epidemic
Traditionally, workplace safety campaigns have focused on preventing physical injuries or deaths in agricultural and blue-collar industries, like construction.
Safe Work Australia statistics show that workplace fatalities have dropped, from 259 in 2003 to 182 in 2016.
But experts say the focus needs to also be placed on the growing impact of workplace bullying and sexual harassment.
Retention of older workers: the case of Finland
Global-Watch shares this interesting 13 minute video (in French), produced by le Mag Avenue de l’Europe, presenting examples of Finnish companies integrating older people in employment (55 years and over) both on the philosophical, ergonomic, social, and economic aspects.
How to handle cancer in the workplace
Cancer, unfortunately, touches more and more people today, and therefore more and more employees. The good news is that current treatments allow us to envision a longer life expectancy. But this also means that employees who are sick can sometimes continue to work during their treatment, return to work after their illness, or even take on the role of caregiver. This leads to significant challenges for the workplace.
Reminder: 20 points to consider in collecting data from your employees
Collecting information from your employees must contribute to the reflection to identify actions to implement. You thus avoid carrying out actions only by intuition or out of interest. In fact, experience has shown that it is easy but ineffective to do activities that were not identified as a result of a rigorous exercise.
