All Mental health resilience articles – Page 12
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ArticleNatwest Group and Roadchef shortlisted for Best mental health strategy
Bank Natwest Group and motorway services business Roadchef have been named among the shortlisted employers for Best mental health strategy at this year’s Employee Benefits Awards 2023.This award recognises employers that have made a concerted effort to address employee stress and mental ill-health in the workplace, have put measures in ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Why dying matters
This week (8-14 May) was Dying Matters Awareness Week. Part of Hospice UK’s Dying Matters campaign, the week was launched with the aim of encouraging people across the country to come together to speak about death, dying and grief in the workplace.According to research by Marie Curie, Respecting and supporting ...
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Supplier articleRaising awareness and fostering mental health culture in your workplace
May is Mental Health Awareness Month—it’s an excellent occasion to start working towards building a culture of mental health at work. By Jennifer Gendron, Chief Commercial Officer, Koa Health - Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing Solutions May marks Mental Health Awareness Month and Week (May ...
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Supplier articleAN EMPLOYER’S GUIDE TO MATERNITY MENTAL HEALTH
Maternity Mental Health Awareness Week, organised by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), runs from the 2nd to the 8th of May. This week-long campaign discusses mental health problems ‘before, during and after pregnancy’.Perinatal Mental HealthMost of us are familiar with postnatal depression, impacting mothers within the first year of ...
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ArticleYounger employees take three more sick days per year than older peers
Younger employees, aged between 18 and 24, take an average of three more sick days per year than their older peers, according to research by Health Shield Friendly Society.This age group also took the most sick days for mental health reasons, compared with those aged between 55 and 64 who ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 28 April - 4 May 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 April and 4 May 2023 were: Ovo Energy launches flexible bank holidaysGlaxoSmithKline plant employees strike after rejecting 6% pay dealCo-op introduces enhanced flexible compassionate leaveNHS Staff Council agrees to 5% pay increase for health workers in EnglandCadent accredited as menopause-friendly employerEXCLUSIVE: ...
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Supplier articleAN EMPLOYER’S GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK
April is Stress Awareness Month, and we’ve been busy encouraging employers and HR professionals to #ActNow.One of the best ways to avoid excess stress in the workplace is by ensuring managers have the tools they need to support their teams. Getting the best from your people doesn’t just come from ...
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AnalysisSupporting staff following a relationship breakdown
Need to know:A relationship breakdown can be traumatic, adversely affecting an employee’s mental health and performance.A wide range of support tools are available including employee assistance programmes (EAPs), concierge services, legal advice and flexible working.Making separation a life event can make it easier for employees to make changes to benefits ...
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ArticleCo-op introduces enhanced flexible compassionate leave
Retail organisation Co-op has launched a refreshed compassionate leave policy ahead of Dying Matters Awareness Week, which runs from 8 to 14 May, to support its 57,000 employees when experiencing the death or serious illness of someone close to them.The policy, which was launched today (3 May), doubles its previous ...
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ArticleJobilla plants smart green walls to make wellbeing blossom
Something for the weekend: Talent acquisition business Jobilla has equipped its Berlin office with Nordic smart green wall technology in order to grow its employees’ mental and physical wellbeing.Jobilla first worked with Finnish indoor nature technology firm Naava five years ago, after it designed and installed the walls in its ...
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ArticleThird of UK women experiencing menopause likely to work through challenges
Women in the UK (30%) experiencing challenges related to the menopause are more likely than their global counterparts (20%) to work through the pain, according to Deloitte Global research.The third annual Women @ work: a global outlook report surveyed 5,000 women in 10 countries, including 500 women working in the ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The changing shape of employee wellbeing
When I first entered the world of employee benefits more than 20 years ago, many organisations’ approach to health and wellbeing was markedly different. Back then, the focus was on more traditional healthcare benefits, such as private medical insurance (PMI) and health cash plans. Wellbeing benefits were often viewed as ...
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ArticleNew recruit hops into role as Yuba City Police Department's wellness officer
Image credit: YCPD Facebook PageSomething for the weekend: Yuba City Police Department (YCPD) in Sacramento, US, has taken a unique approach to promoting employee wellness, giving the responsibility to an emotional support bunny.Officer Percy (pictured) was named after Percy Street, where he was discovered in October 2022 by soon-to-be coworker ...
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AnalysisHow to ensure a mental wellbeing strategy delivers on its promises
Employers need to recognise that mental health support is a shared responsibility which needs to be a genuine priority, underpinned by a clear strategy that both understands and addresses causes and contributors.Tangible benefits, services, policies and practices that support employees are essential to ensure that mental wellbeing is part of ...
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Case StudiesBauer Media UK delivers on wellbeing promises
Media group Bauer Media UK has offered its around 1,700 employees mental wellbeing benefits and initiatives for many years, including a partnership with Mental Health First Aid England introduced in 2018 to train staff to become mental health first aiders.The group, which employs 16,000 employees across the 13 countries it ...
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Supplier articleHow to Encourage an Active Lifestyle at Work
The clocks have gone forward, and Spring has finally sprung. We get to say goodbye to those dark 5 pm finishes and hello to lighter evenings. The new season brings longer daylight hours, helping to encourage a new focus on your health and wellbeing.Whether you aim to start walking to ...
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OpinionRiaan van Wyk: What positive versus negative resilience means for employers
UK employees have not had it easy over the last few years. Pressures on their finances, mental wellbeing and physical health have been almost ever present since the start of the pandemic in 2020, and the last six months has seen a cost-of-living crisis amplify these pressures further.To understand how ...
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ArticleVictoria Bradford: How can employers identify the best stress support for their workforce?
Stress in the workplace is nothing new. In the early 1970s, it was noted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) that there had been a significant rise in working days lost in the 1960s due to workplace stress. Fast forward to today, and Gallup’s State of the workplace 2022 report, ...
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ArticleLaura Jackson: How can employers identify the best stress support for their workforce?
Stress is an individualised experience. What one person identifies as a stressor will differ to the next person, and those experiencing the same stressor will have a different response to it. As an employer, it can often be challenging to support stress at an individual level. Therefore, a way of ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Atradius' reward strategy supports employees through cost-of-living crisis
Employee Benefits · Employee Benefits/Atradius podcasListen: In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Anne Middleton, head of HR for the UK and Ireland at Atradius, details how the organisation supports its employees' financial and mental wellbeing during difficult economic times.The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for the trade credit ...