Mental well-being advisory started from citizens' panel proposals

The Tripartite Advisory on Mental Well-being at Workplaces comes as employees face greater mental stress and a higher risk of burnout. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - The suggestions by a diverse group of 55 citizens, including employers, workers, homemakers and retirees, led to the new tripartite advisory released last Tuesday on safeguarding the mental well-being of workers.

A year ago, the Citizens' Panel on Work-Life Harmony submitted 17 recommendations, a key one of which was that people wanted more to be done for employees' mental well-being.

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