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- Title
Understanding the Unmet Accommodation Needs of People Working with Mental or Cognitive Conditions: The Importance of Gender, Gendered Work, and Employment Factors.
- Authors
Jessiman-Perreault, Geneviève; Gignac, Monique A. M.; Thompson, Aaron; Smith, Peter M.
- Abstract
Purpose: Workplace support needs for women and men living with mental health conditions are not well understood. This study examined workplace accommodation and support needs among women and men with and without mental health or cognitive conditions and individual and workplace factors associated with having unmet needs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 3068 Canadian workers collected information on disability, gender, gendered occupations, job conditions, work contexts, and workplace accommodations. Multivariable logistic regression analyses examined gender- and disability-based differences in unmet needs for workplace flexibility, work modifications, and health benefits, and the association of work context (i.e., work schedule, job sector) and job conditions (i.e., precarious work) on the likelihood of unmet accommodation needs. The additive (i.e., super- or sub-additive) and multiplicative effects of disability, gender, and occupational gender distribution on the probability of unmet accommodation needs were also assessed. Results: The most common unmet workplace accommodation was work modifications reported by 35.9% of respondents with mental/cognitive disability and workplace flexibility reported by 19.6% of individuals without a mental/cognitive disability. Women, employees in female dominant occupations, and participants with mental/cognitive disabilities were more likely to report unmet needs compared with men, employees in non-female dominant occupations, and participants without disabilities but these findings were largely explained by differences in job conditions and work contexts. No interacting effects on the likelihood of reporting unmet needs for workplace accommodations were observed. Conclusions: To support employee mental health, attention is needed to address work contexts and job conditions, especially for people working with mental/cognitive disabilities, women, and workers in female-dominated occupations where unmet accommodation needs are greatest.
- Subjects
CANADA; COGNITION disorders; WORK environment; EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities; SOCIAL support; CROSS-sectional method; AGE distribution; MULTIPLE regression analysis; FLEXTIME; CANADIANS; SEX distribution; GENDER identity; SURVEYS; JOB security; EMPLOYMENT; WAGES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; PEOPLE with disabilities; NEEDS assessment; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; ODDS ratio; DATA analysis software; MENTAL illness; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 1, p251
- ISSN
1053-0487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10926-023-10132-4