The Alberta government has introduced new guidelines to help workplaces support employees recovering from mental health and addiction challenges.
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Dan Williams made the announcement on Jan. 21 together with the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence—the province’s addictions Crown corporation.
The guidelines, available to all employers in the province, aim to create “recovery-friendly workplaces” through initiatives such as raising awareness of mental health and substance-related disorders, implementing prevention measures, and facilitating access to care.
“Wherever someone is suffering from addiction, we want to meet them there and give them an off-ramp out of addiction,” Williams said.
“Addiction leads to only one of two ends,” he added. “It either ends in recovery and a second lease on life, or tragically, the outcome of death.” …