North Halifax Grammar School in West Yorkshire is to roll out mental health and wellbeing initiatives for staff. The scheme, provided by Worth-It Projects, will offer mental wellbeing coaching and training to staff, all 60 of whom have registered to attend. http://bit.ly/1zSPCbz

JP Morgan has extended dental cover and health screening benefits to cover employees’ parents. These benefits are available through its flexible benefits scheme. http://bit.ly/1vVSfP9

Madgex has launched a series of mindfulness workshops for its employees to help reduce stress in the workplace. The workshops, which were delivered by The Tonic, introduced staff to the concept of mindful living and its benefits with practical techniques including mindful meditation. http://bit.ly/1DMjbj8

Swarovski, Pepsi Co, The Walt Disney Company, Starbucks Coffee Company and CBS News are among more than 50 employers at Chiswick Park that participated in a wellbeing event for staff at the beginning of February. http://bit.ly/1DewJ8N

Tesco and Carillion are to launch a health and wellbeing app for their employees, which is being introduced by healthcare provider Bupa. The app will help both organisations improve engagement, while boosting staff motivation with health and wellbeing initiatives. http://bit.ly/1ASLC10

Birmingham Children’s Hospital offered all 3,500 employees access to free fitness classes and a slimming club to highlight National Obesity Awareness Week on 12 January. http://bit.ly/1MOCsXh

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital increased the wellbeing of its employees using the British Heart Foundation’s free Health at Work programme. In December, it communicated healthy eating and alcohol limits to staff. http://bit.ly/1FTirNb

Easyjet launched a biopsychosocial assessment to help improve the psychological and social wellness of its staff, as well as to tackle workplace physical illness. http://bit.ly/1Ge1VmL

Fujitsu is piloting an emotional resilience programme for its 10,000 employees in the UK and Ireland. Its aim is to help support its employees’ mental health, after it identified core issues using benefits data, including absence information, sampling from health screening and data from its private medical insurance scheme. http://bit.ly/1vvuR8y

EE has saved £538,000 in costs by introducing early interventions for staff affected by mental ill health. The savings result from a goal the organisation set to tackle and reduce employee mental health referrals by more than 10% following the merger of mobile phone providers T-Mobile and Orange in 2010. http://bit.ly/1EMBFAu

Discovery Networks opened a medical and wellbeing centre at its London headquarters, Discovery House. The centre will provide holistic primary and preventative healthcare for more than 1,300 employees. http://bit.ly/1tqFFUg