How could management support employee mental health

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Assignment:

The Beer Pitt Inc. is a Canadian brewery that has over 150 employees and distributes premium lager beers across the country. Over the years, the company has had problems with employees drinking on the job, resulting in arguments, fights, and back-ups on the production line. They have also had a number of near misses with health and safety due to taking short cuts on the production line to get the work completed on time. Managers have not been firm in disciplining employees for issues on the job and the company culture is one where people often call in to work sick or arrive late to their shift.

This situation recently became even worse when an employee was injured while on the job and lost a finger in a production line accident. At the same time, the head of Production put in paperwork stating he is suffering from stress and depression and needs to take an extended leave of absence.

The HR department wants to work with the Joint Health and Safety Committee to develop and implement new sets of health and safety standards. At the same time, they need to work on the company disciplinary policies and procedures to set a standard for all employees to adhere to.

Please use the information above to answer the questions please only take about 15 minutes.

What do you think is the root cause of the health and safety problems at The Beer Pitt? How can it be addressed? (please only give less than a paragraph, they're only worth five points each).

Mental health seems to be an issue at The Beer Pitt. How could management support employee mental health? (please only give less than a paragraph, they're only worth five points each).

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