All Mental health resilience articles – Page 32
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ArticleSurrey Fire and Rescue Service rolls out wellbeing app for staff
Surrey Fire and Rescue Services has announced the roll out of a wellbeing and fitness app for staff which is specifically aimed at supporting those who are working remotely from their colleagues and helps them reduce stress.The fire service began rolling out the ClassPass app in March, which gives members ...
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ArticleFall in employee engagement offset by mental health support
New research by HR platform provider, Achievers, has revealed a mixed picture around the extent to which employees engage with their employer now compared to before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.According to the research, more people said they were now less engaged than before the pandemic. It found nearly two-fifths (37%) ...
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Supplier articleWHY BUSINESSES SHOULD SUPPORT COVID SUFFERERS RETURNING TO WORK
Covid-19 has caused our mental wellbeing to suffer in the last 12 months, particularly heightened levels of stress as a result of lockdown restrictions. But recent research has unveiled a longer-term link between the virus and mental health issues – particularly those who make a recovery from infection.A study published ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Investigo supports staff wellbeing with core-office-hours trial
Exclusive: UK recruitment agency, Investigo, has this week begun a trial to give office-based employees the ability to choose a flexible-working pattern, as long as they are available between core hours.The trial gives employees the option to work for three days in the office between 10am and 4pm, and decide ...
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ArticlePoll: Health and wellbeing top focus for employers in 2021
Employee Benefits poll: Health and wellbeing is the top priority for organisations this year, closely followed by flexible working.According to Employee Benefits’ latest straw poll, 42% of respondents said their staff’s health and wellbeing are paramount in 2021.As Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic restrictions continue, another third (33%) of respondents said flexible ...
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ArticleStress-related absence rocketed in 2020
Research by absence management provider e-days has revealed a shocking rise in the number of stress-related sickness days during 2020.According to the research, there was a 113% rise in stress sickness days when figures before and after the Covid-19 (coronavirus) were compared.As well as this headline figure, the data also ...
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ArticleBarclays outlines policy to avoid burnout among junior bankers
Barclays has told junior staff to take Saturdays off and book at least two five-day periods of annual leave a year in order to avoid burnout. According to media reports, the bank has urged analysts and associates not to work between 9pm on Fridays and 9am on ...
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Supplier articleHow Financial Worries Are Having A Negative Impact On Mental Health
As part of a new partnership with leading UK digital pay company, PayDashboard, 87% has been examining how users of its platform are affected by financial insecurity, especially in the light of Covid-19.Data from nearly 10,000 UK workers showed that over the last 12 months, 1 in 5 have seen ...
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Supplier articleHow To Help Staff With ‘Return To Work Anxiety’
After over a year of dealing with seemingly relentless lockdowns, the end is in sight.The worries that we have had over the past 12 months have included anxiety, fatigue, and work stress, all of which have soared as a result of the incredible changes to people’s lives in all domains ...
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Supplier articleTime to revisit and recharge your mental health armoury
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsEmployees in the UK are at a particularly low ebb right now. In fact, the working population is currently as distressed as the ‘most distressed’ one per cent of working Britons, prior to 2020, according to Morneau ...
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Supplier articleNew report reveals how a year of Covid-19 has seen employees embrace stress management
More than a third of people opted for mental health support when they checked in to the Gympass platform There was a switch from anxiety support to stress management over the year With the spotlight on health, Gympass saw increases in physical activity for ...
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OpinionTina Chander: When furlough ends, safety and mental health issues could start
As furlough ends and employees begin to return to factories and offices, employers need to consider what physical measures are needed to ensure they remain Covid-secure and that it is safe for their people to return to work.The Health and Safety at Work Act has long-provided for safe working environments, ...
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Supplier articleStress risk assessments: The why, what, when & how
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits and Lorna Berry, Operations & Clinical Services Manager at Form HealthEver heard of a stress risk assessment? If not, you’re not alone. Nearly half (47%) of HR attendees at our recent webinar said they’d never used ...
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OpinionAbi Frederick and Paul Norris: Employers have a duty to support home workers
Employers have a duty to take steps that are reasonably necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of homeworkers. The risks include feelings of isolation, a lack of supervision, issues arising from prolonged use of display screen equipment, working long hours and taking inadequate breaks. Employers need to ...
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Supplier articleThe nation expresses anxiety over return to work (Part 3)
Caroline Outterside, a psychological therapist, notes some of the reasons for these concerns and the ramifications: “The change curve theory suggests we experience a gradual transition process of adjusting to the loss we feel, through a range of emotions that include denial, frustration, confusion, even depression until we get to ...
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Supplier articleWork-life balance: five pieces of the workplace wellbeing jigsaw
We continue to explore the critical issue of work-life balance – an issue which COVID has brought into sharp focus - with a blog post that suggests some strategies, tips and ideas to help both managers and employees to stay on the right track. In a previous ...
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ArticleWomen reveal lack of menopause support at work
Research published today (31 March) has highlighted the lack of menopause support women receive as they struggle to stay in work while experiencing symptoms.According to the Driving the change: menopause and the workplace report, not only is help sporadic but also poor in quality, with 76% of respondents calling for ...
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ArticleAmey rolls out new mental wellbeing support
Infrastructure services provider Amey has teamed up with mental health charity Mates in Mind to help widen the conversation among staff about managing their mental wellbeing and resilience.The partnership will see the organisation roll out the charity’s bespoke mental health and wellbeing programmes to staff, starting with online mental health ...
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ArticleGroup protection usage hit by data privacy fears
New research has suggested that slower-than-anticipated uptake of some group protection benefits may be due to data privacy fears.According to a study by Legal and General, 19% of staff questioned who had access to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) revealed that privacy concerns were a barrier to usage – a figure ...
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Supplier articleThe nation expresses anxiety over return to work (Part 2)
A third (31%) of users indicated that they are feeling nervous about socialising, both for fear of doing so too soon and causing the further spread of Coronavirus and because of doubts about mixing comfortably in a group again. Men reported feeling more excited than women, and the group who ...