What is workplace wellbeing
Workplace wellbeing is about creating an environment where people can feel and perform their best—mentally, physically, and emotionally. It includes everything from work-life balance and psychological health and safety to supportive leadership and healthy team dynamics. For employees, it means feeling valued, heard, and empowered. For managers, it’s about creating a culture that supports growth, connection, and resilience.
When wellbeing is a shared priority, everyone benefits—from increased employee morale and engagement to higher retention and overall performance.
Trusted workplace wellbeing experts
PSHSA has long recognized the importance of workplace wellbeing as it relates to health and safety in Ontario. That’s why we have created a team of consultant experts dedicated specifically to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of Ontario’s workplaces and workers.
Let’s have a conversation about wellbeing in your workplace.
Supporting mental health and psychological safety
Mental health and psychological safety are critical parts of a safe and productive work environment. Our health, safety, and wellbeing experts support employers in building mentally healthy workplaces by providing practical tools, training, resources, and ongoing support, including:
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Workplace mental health programs and strategies
Learn more about prevention strategies, consultant support, and available resources for managing psychological health, safety, and wellbeing.
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Occupational Stress Injury Resiliency (OSIR) tool
Access PSHSA’s Occupational Stress Injury Resiliency (OSIR) tool to assess and address stress injury hazards.
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Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Guide
This comprehensive psychological health and safety guide helps organizations identify gaps in their current psychological health and safety program or support them in building a new one.
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Training courses
We offer training courses online and in-person, covering mental health, psychological safety, resilience, and more.
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Psychological and mental health resources
We offer a range of practical resources and tools to help organizations prevent and manage workplace hazards, reduce risks, and support employee wellbeing and mental health.
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Workplace Wellbeing Webinar Series
This free webinar series intends to position PSHSA as your partner in health, safety and wellbeing, and a leader in emerging research and innovative solutions that will shape the future of work in Ontario.
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Radius: psychological risk assessment tool
Radius is a groundbreaking web-based solution to assess job-based risk of psychological harm. It empowers workplaces to understand the risks of psychological harm and identify tangible, actionable solutions to enhance worker wellbeing.
Create an account to access and use Radius or connect with one of our experts to learn more.
Supporting physical health and safety
The physical environment in your workplace—including proper ergonomic practices—plays a critical role in employee health, safety, and wellbeing. Prolonged sitting, poor posture, and repetitive tasks can lead to fatigue, discomfort, and long-term health issues. Over time, these physical strains don’t just affect individual wellbeing—they can also lead to increased absenteeism, reduced focus, and lower overall productivity.
Our experts can support physical health through:
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Ergonomic services
Occupational injuries can be caused by habitual or repetitive physical movements on the job over time. Our ergonomic services, including training, ergonomic assessments, and job demands descriptions, can help you minimize exposures, decrease injuries, and keep employees happy, healthy, and well.
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Consulting services
Our health, safety, and wellbeing consultants are experts in creating safe and healthy workplaces that enable everyone to thrive. They can help organizations identify and manage workplace hazards, reduce risks, provide training, review and recommend policies and procedures to keep workers safe, and much more.
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Training courses
We offer training courses online and in-person that cover physical hazards, mandatory compliance, general health and safety, and more.
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Health and safety physical hazard resources
We have created numerous resources to support workplaces in protecting and promoting the health, safety, and wellbeing of their workplace and workers.
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Featured resources
Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Guide
This guide provides information, tools and resources to build or improve a workplace psychological health and safety program.
Additional resources
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ResilientMEFree eLearning
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Engage with an expert
Let’s have a conversation about wellbeing in your workplace.