Resources

Diversity Awareness Workshop

05/03/2012 - Ibec have developed a diversity awareness workshop to help employers harness the opportunities diversity offers their workplace, build awareness and address many of the areas where bias can emerge.

Employment and Youth Activation Charter

10/10/2014 - A new business-led initiative that encourages employers to tap directly into the unemployment register, a rich and under-utilised talent pool

Gender pay gap

22/06/2015 - The European social partners designed an online toolkit aimed at providing knowledge and understanding of successful initiatives throughout Europe including one on the gender pay gap.

Mental health - reducing stigma one conversation at a time

07/03/2013 - See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership, and its 70 partner organisations including Ibec have rolled out a national green ribbon campaign to get people talking about mental health.

Mental health and wellbeing: A line manager's guide

03/06/2016 - Ibec, in collaboration with See Change has launched Mental health and wellbeing: A line manager’s guide, a new resource for employers to promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

Mental health helplines and contacts

14/08/2013 - Some of the useful resources that are available or may be of interest to those looking to source contact points or further information.

Resources for mental health in the workplace

19/01/2016 - Mental ill-health is a societal problem which may affect one in four of us at some point in our lives. Employers need to take a proactive approach to the prevention and management of mental health.

Responding to suicide in the workplace

20/01/2012 - Over 500 people die by suicide every year with few communities or workplaces that have not been affected. A guide for employers on responding to suicide is available from the Irish Hospice Foundation and Console.

Reversing the paradox conference

05/06/2015 - Ibec and the Department of Justice and Equality successfully held a conference in the Mansion House on May 27th 2015 with the aim of generating debate and action among delegates regarding gender balance in decision-making.

Six steps to support mental health in the workplace

08/05/2015 - Six steps to support mental health in the workplac