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Construction workers are being encouraged to consider their health and wellbeing, and access support if they need it.
Site Safe member businesses are being offered free access to an online wellbeing platform backed by one of New Zealand’s largest independent mental health and social service organisations, Emerge Aotearoa.
Four hundred free one-on-one support sessions are also being offered over the next few months for business owners and their staff to speak confidentially with a business or health professional.
Counsellors, career coaches, psychologists, human resource specialists, financial advisors and dietitians are among the more than 100 experts available through the platform.
A 2021 Site Safe and Massey University survey found that construction workers experienced a range of work-related stressors that affected their health, with some of the main impacts being burnout and fatigue. While various factors are linked to high workplace stress, the report states that individual job demands are shown to be the strongest.
