Mental Health Policies and Programs in the Workplace: Mandatory
Work-related mental health issues had come to fore when the COVID-19 pandemic hit us, and in the years after as we were coming out of it.
As early as 2018 however, the Philippines enacted Republic Act No. 11036 or the “Mental Health Act” (MHA). Section 25 of the MHA directs employers to develop “Mental Health Promotion and Policies in the Workplace.” Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Department Order No. 208, Series of 2020 provides Guidelines for the Implementation of Mental Health Workplace Policies and Programs for the Private Sector, which applies to all workplaces and establishments in the formal sector including those deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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