Who we are
We are an alliance of Australian businesses dedicated to providing mentally healthy workplaces for our people. We are business-led and expert-guided. We share our insights and experience openly. Together, we have the power to change people’s experience of the workplace for the better.
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working Australians have mental ill-health or care for someone with mental ill-health.
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is lost by Australian businesses each year due to untreated mental health conditions through absenteeism, reduced productivity and compensation claims.
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of employees do not seek help for their mental health, and less than 3% use an Employee Assistance Program.
Our vision
Our vision is for every Australian workplace to be mentally healthy. We want people to feel valued and supported in the workplace, and for conversations about mental health to be a normal part of people’s working day.
Our mission
Our mission is to put mental health at the heart of the business agenda. We want to drive improvements in the way Australian businesses respond and adapt to this rapidly evolving and growing challenge.
We are all on a different journey and have different levels of maturity and it's an area where none of us want to compete with each other. So being part of CMHAA is an opportunity for each of us to amplify what we each do and take all those sparks of innovation, all that learning and bring it all together in a meaningful way. Hopefully we can make a really big difference to workers in this country.
Andrew Culleton
Executive General Manager Group People Services, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Being part of CMHAA has been great. By connecting with other businesses in our sector who have similar challenges and opportunities, to support our teams and working together, we have created this broader workforce to help us solve problems within our industry.
Annette Karantoni
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Woolworths Group
When mental health is good, people are productive, happy, healthy, and can manage life's challenges and stresses. When it is poor, we can find it hard to function, to find meaning in our work and daily life.
The CMHAA calls upon all organisations to create safe settings that foster open dialogue and normalise conversations about mental health; prioritise employee mental health as a core part of their business strategy; and build employee, leader and organisational capability that can support a thriving workplace.
Steven Worrall
Managing Director, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand
I think all organisations across Australia need to work together on this important topic because it's a fundamental right to teel secure in our workplaces and if we can share that knowledge and experience with one another then we grow a culture of safety across the country.
Lucy Brogden AM
ex-Chair and Commissioner National Mental Health Commission
It's been fantastic for us to learn from organisations across corporate Australia.
When we look at the risks and hazards that are facing employees across organisations, they're all very similar so its nice to learn from that.
Brooke Dwyer
Head of Employee Wellbeing & Mental Health, Qantas
What I most value about being part of CMHAA is the networking - to hear what others are doing to reach out with questions and share ideas.
Deanna Costantin
National Health and Wellbeing Manager, Coles
Upcoming Events & Resources
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RESOURCE: Separating Thoughts from Facts
Members only
This resource was created and produced with the assistance of Centre for Corporate Health and Commonwealth Bank.
Join us
We are at the beginning of our work together. Come be a part of our united voice for change on workplace mental health. Businesses both large and small are welcome.
