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Mental Health and Work: Australia

Mental Health and Work: Austria

Fit Mind, Fit Job. From Evidence to Practice in Mental Health and Work.

Mental Health and Work: Netherlands

Mental Health and Work: United Kingdom

Mental Health and Work: Switzerland

Mental Health and Work: Norway

Mental Health and Work: Sweden

Mental Health and Work: Denmark

Mental Health and Work: Belgium

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Assessment and recommendations

Mental health and work challenges in Belgium

The Belgian education system

Employers and the working environment in Belgium

Belgium's sickness and disability benefit system

The disability allowance system in Belgium

Belgium's public employment services

The mental health system in Belgium

Annex A. Trends in expenditure on disability and sickness in Belgium

Sick on the Job?. Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work.

Executive summary

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Organization	OECD
Abstract	Throughout the OECD, mental ill-health is increasingly recognised as a problem for social and labour market policy; a problem that is creating significant costs for people, employers and the economy at large by lowering employment, raising unemployment and generating productivity losses. The institutional set-up in Belgium has great potential in addressing the challenges of mental ill-health and work, mainly for three reasons. First, the advanced labour legislation has a strong focus on the prevention of mental ill-health at work; second, people with a mental disorder typically receive unemployment benefits rather than disability benefits upon job loss, hence remaining closely attached to the labour market which facilitates their reintegration; and third, the integrated sickness and disability benefit system provides ideal conditions for sickness monitoring, early intervention and effective return-to-work mechanisms. However, the current system is poorly implemented, passive and reactive and is not used to prevent labour market withdrawal of people with mental illness. The recent rapprochement by the public employment services (especially in Flanders) towards the mental health sector and other benefit systems to (re-)integrate people with mental disorders is a promising evolution to improve the labour outcomes and social well-being of people with mental ill-health. A more active mindset of employers, occupational health services, and sickness insurance companies (called mutualities) will be required, as well as systematic co-financing mechanisms between the different sectors to develop models of service cooperation and integration. The ongoing mental health reform provides the ideal opportunity for integrating health and employment services.
Page Count	2
Starting Page	11
Ending Page	12
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2013-01-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Employment Social Issues/Migration/Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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