Wellness at Work
Overview
In 2022 and beyond, the APA is placing focus and priority on employee mental health and overall wellbeing in the workplace. The APA has developed a Wellness at Work Plan focused on providing access to education, tools, and resources to assist employees in feeling healthy, physically, and psychologically (and emotionally) safe at work.
This section will provide employees with information on available programs and resources. As the Wellness at Work Strategic Plan (2023 -2027) is evolving and growing with our employee population, the programs and resources will be updated on this page.
Current APA Programs and Resources
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) – LifeWorks
- EFAP Relaunch – Communication to all APA employees (August 15, 2022)
- How to Access EFAP resources:
- EFAP Website: Online at lifeworks.com: Access hundreds of articles, recordings, eBooks, and online toolkits.
- Mobile App: By free mobile app for iOS or Android: Access support and resources on the go from your smartphone. Look for the cursive “blue L” when searching LifeWorks in the App Store or on Google Play.
- Phone: Toll-free: 1-844-671-3327, 24/7, 365 days a year, to speak with an advisor.
ConfidenceLine Secure Reporting Program
ConfidenceLine is a third-party communications program that allows APA employees to securely report sensitive work-related issues. This program has a dedicated toll-free ethics reporting hotline or employees may confidentially report via a web-based reporting tool. Toll free telephone line and online reporting are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The program is confidential, and employees may choose to identify themselves if they want to but there is no obligation.
Toll free: 1-800-661-9675 Web: www.atlanticpilotage.confidenceline.net
Atlantic Pilotage Authority – ConfidenceLine Employee Booklet
Emergency Resources
- Whenever in doubt, call your local emergency responder, call 911
- Talk Suicide Canada Call 1-833-456-4566 toll free, 24/7
- Nova Scotia: Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line Call 1-888-429-816
- New Brunswick: Social Supports NB: Call 211
- Newfoundland & Labrador – Mental Health and Addictions Community Services: Call 811.
- PEI: Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line Call 1-833-553-6983
- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
- Kid’s Help Phone: Canada’s only 24/7 mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people. 1-800-668-6868 or Text CONNECT to 686868
Education Resources
Work Life Balance, Fatigue Management, Stress Management
- Break the Stress Cycle – CMHA – Article
- Work/Life Balance (CCOHS Fact Sheet)
- Healthy Living at Work (CCOHS)
- Fatigue Management Guide for Canadian Marine Pilots
Psychological Health
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Many free resources and tools including stress self-evaluation screening tools.
- Check in on your Mental Health – CMHA – Self-Evaluation Screening Tools
- Bounce Back – BounceBack is a free program from the CMHA that helps you build skills to improve your mental health.
- Bridge the Gapp – Bridge the gapp Adult and Bridge the gapp Youth is an online resource designed to support mental wellness.
- Care for the Caregiver – CMHA Article – Tips to reduce the impact that caregiving can take.
- Trauma
Prevention of Violence, Harassment and Bullying in the Workplace
- APA Directive – BD-013 Directive No.13 Prevention of Discrimination Violence and Harassment in the Workplace
- Prevention of Violence and Harassment in the Workplace (CCOHS Fact Sheet)
- Bullying in the Workplace (CCOHS Fact Sheet)
- Federal Workplace Requirement for Prevention of VHB in Workplace
Wellness Events