Facial recognition and analysis: A machine learning-based pathway to corporate mental health management.

Background: In modern workplaces, emotional well-being significantly impacts productivity, interpersonal relationships, and organizational stability. This study introduced an innovative facial-based emotion recognition system aimed at the real-time monitoring and management of employee emotional states. Methods: Utilizing the RetinaFace model for facial detection, the Dlib algorithm for feature extraction, and VGG16 for micro-expression classification, the system constructed a 10-dimensional emotion feature vector. Emotional anomalies were identified using the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm and assessed with a 3σ-based risk evaluation method. Results: The system achieved high accuracy in emotion classification, as demonstrated by an empirical analysis, where VGG16 outperformed MobileNet and ResNet50 in key metrics such as accuracy, precision, and recall. Data augmentation techniques were employed to enhance the performance of the micro-expression classification model. Conclusion: These techniques improved the across diverse emotional expressions, resulting in more accurate and robust emotion recognition. When deployed in a corporate environment, the system successfully monitored employees' emotional trends, identified potential risks, and provided actionable insights into early intervention. This study contributes to advancing corporate mental health management and lays the foundation for scalable emotion-based support systems in organizational settings.