Wellness & Well-being Highlights March 11

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of March 11, 2024

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog offers an opportunity to examine several articles citing the barriers/challenges women continue to face in the “modern” workplace—to how sleep apnea impacts one’s cognition—to which US jobs are considered the most “physically” demanding. Today, I wish to shed some light on the importance of EACH and EVERY ONE of US taking action. Since 2016, a lot has been written and discussed about mental health issues in the workplace. This week we provide access to a just-published White Paper on MH, addiction awareness, and suicide prevention in the US construction industry.[1] In addition, this week we saw a renowned worldwide construction contractor make a SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR donation to help reduce suicides in the construction industry. [2] While the White Paper “speaks” to the MH needs of an industry, the donation to AFSP addresses the “action” step noted earlier. Needless to say, most of us do not have these kinds of monetary resources to make impactful changes. Nevertheless, as mentioned in last week’s blog, each of us can take 5-minutes to provide a constructive comment to the US-DOL.[3] In so doing, you will become part of a process to change the rules Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAP) abide by…which have NOT been seriously updated since 1937! So, PLEASE join me in taking “action” by submitting a brief comment that supports the inclusion of Mental Health training in US-DOL’s RAP standards going forward.

NOTE: The DEADLINE is MARCH 18, 2024 @ 5p (ET).

Sources: [1] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b628c217bffc493333bbfd/t/65e07a384c7529463d428243/1709210172801/20240229-CWM-White-Paper-FINAL.pdf

[2] https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-suicide-construction-pledge/709385/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-03-06%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:59795%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive

[3] https://www.constructforstl.org/perspective-please-comment-on-need-for-mental-health-training-in-apprentice-programs/

Your voice matters: MH & Apprenticeship

Bechtel invests $7m in Construction Suicide Prevention

White Paper: MH in Construction

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