Factors Leading to Successful Workplace Integration of Employees Who Have Experienced Mental Illness

This article reports the findings from a survey of Canadian employers conducted to assess their responses in the development of an inclusive and supportive workplace for employees returning after a prolonged absence due to mental illness. To minimize costs and maximize productivity for companies it was found that employers typically manage employee absence in four ways: information concerning workplace absence, intervention strategies to prevent the absence, absence management and a planned and structured returnto-work program. (C) 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.