Reasonable adjustments for mental health

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel, and behave. 

If an employee has a mental health problem, it's important their employer takes it seriously and with the same care as a physical illness.

Mental health problems can:

* happen suddenly, because of a specific event in someone's life

* build up gradually over time

* be hard to spot because everyone has different signs and signals

* be hidden because many people find it difficult to talk about their mental health

* fluctuate over time which means that an employee's ability to cope with the demands of the job might change

When making reasonable adjustments for mental health it's helpful to remember that:

* every job is different, so what works in one situation might not work in another

* every employee is different, so what works for one employee might not work for another

* mental health fluctuates over time, so what works for an employee now might not work in the future

Employers and employees should work together to agree and review reasonable adjustments over time to make sure that the adjustments work well.

Find out more about supporting mental health at work