Mental Health Is Next Target for Workplace Safety Advocates (1)

Mental health is poised to be the next litigation frontier for workplace safety and health as supporters push OSHA to use its enforcement powers to protect workers from stress on the job.

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration is already mounting voluntary suicide prevention and mental health awareness campaigns, but for at least some groups, that’s not enough.

“Our most basic argument is that worker safety and health includes mental safety and health,” said Reed Shaw, policy counsel with Governing for Impact in Washington, D.C.

The regulatory advocacy group and 19 other organizations—including the Service Employees International ...