Singapore-based port operator PSA Corporation commissioned a multicultural well-being study to gather input from more than 3, 000 of its people who were migrant workers, including its suppliers and contractors, to find out what it could do to give a cognitively safe working atmosphere.  ,
All of its people ‘ native languages were used to create the poll, which was developed in conjunction with a clinical psychologist, to be both visible and” sensitive to their historical needs.”
Mr Cheang Chee System, PSA’s head of health, safety and security for Southeast Asia,  , told TODAY:” We wanted to prioritise the sensitivity of our people and a cognitively safe environment to discuss seriously, particularly those who are struggling”.
According to the data and feedback gathered, the employees desired” community-based support.” This was the reason the business expanded its peer support and para-coaching resources, and organized more recreational events to foster “real people- to- people connections,” Mr. Cheang continued.  ,
At this year’s WorkWell Leaders Awards, an annual awards gala in its second edition that recognizes the best-practice standards for addressing systemic change in mental health at work, PSA was honored on Thursday ( Mar 14 ) with the Wellbeing Innovation Award.
The awards ‘ judging panel, which included senior executives from corporations and experts in the fields of organizational well-being and , mental health, included PSA’s initiative as one of two other shortlistees who placed themselves among the most innovative programs to address employee mental health and well-being.
The judges praised PSA’s use of data to safeguard the well-being of migrant workers as the” first of its kind” and that it allowed access to support “at the right time, in the right places.”  ,
In , a pre- recorded video address for the awards ceremony, Singapore President , Tharman Shanmugaratnam , urged , corporate leaders , to “make your company a role model, a beacon of a culture of empathy, a culture that provides proactive support to those with different shades of anxiety or depression”.
” Make it an enjoyable place for everyone to work”, he added.
The event, held at , Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel, also saw five other awards given out to:
- The National University of Singapore ( NUS), which won the , Environmental, Social and Governance , Wellbeing Strategy Award
- Otis International Asia Pacific, a global elevator and escalator manufacturer, which won the Healthy Workplace Culture Award
- Dr Prem Kumar Nair, group chief executive officer  , of , integrated healthcare provider , IHH Healthcare, who took the Wellbeing CEO Award
- Mr Clarence Ti, deputy president (administration ) of NUS, who took the , CEO’s Wellbeing Partner Award
- Otis International Asia Pacific, which received the Wellbeing Organization of the Year Award, is recognized as such.