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Learn How to Support Your Staff's Mental Health

The week of October 6 to 12 is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and a good time for employers to get clarity on their legal obligations on accommodating employees with mental illnesses.  

To help your employees perform their best, it is important that you build a healthy work environment that promotes good mental health.

Lack of work-life balance, chronic stress, and poor mental health can affect employee productivity and morale – creating issues such as absenteeism, burnout, and high turnover.

In this webinar, our experts, Olivia Cicchini and Michelle Ann Zoleta, discuss best practices employers should follow to promote good mental health and support employee wellbeing.

After watching the webinar, you’ll know:

  • How to spot and address signs of poor mental health
  • Difference between mental health concern and mental illness
  • How to accommodate staff with mental health issues
  • What to include in your mental health policy
  • And more...



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Meet Our Speakers



Olivia Cicchini, Employment Law Expert & Presenter, Peninsula Canada

A licensed paralegal, Olivia has significant insight into legal, HR, and employee management challenges faced by Canadian SMEs. 

She utilizes her employment law expertise to create relevant and comprehensive content to help small business owners stay compliant with employment standards and health & safety legislation.  

Olivia’s incisive commentary regularly appears on radio, websites and in newspapers. Her views have been featured on CBC Radio, CTV News, CP24, and Toronto Sun.





Michelle Ann Zoleta, Health and Safety Team Manager, Peninsula Canada

As the health and safety manager, Michelle ensures the health and safety team provide compliant advice to all Peninsula clients. 

She guides the health and safety team on addressing difficult inquiries in the eight provinces Peninsula operates in. Michelle has sound knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety laws and regulations across Canada.

She has extensive experience in providing consultation to clients on all aspects of health and safety management — offering timely answers and effective solutions to their concerns.