All Mental health resilience articles – Page 35
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Supplier articleListen to our podcast on mental health for all: greater investment – greater access.
As COVID continues to dominate the agenda for most organisations, the demand for mental health services is at an all-time high. This inevitably leads to questions about how to meet this immediate demand whilst making wise, long-term investments in the right services. In a recent podcast, timed ...
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ArticleSussex Police Force de-stress with wellbeing dogs
Something for the weekend: Being a bobby on the beat can be hard at the best of times, but policing during the pandemic brings its own unique and stressful challenges - from breaking up illegal lockdown parties and fining hill walkers for carrying cups of coffee to being spat at ...
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Supplier articleHow to support employee mental wellbeing with employee benefits
No doubt a key priority for HR in 2021 is to support employee mental wellbeing.Indeed, HR knows first-hand the effects of the pandemic on mental health, with a reported 70% increase in the stress-related absence in 2020 among HR professionals in the UK.In helping support employees with their mental wellbeing, ...
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ArticleMental health-related absenteeism costs rose to £14 billion in 2020
Mental health-related absence cost UK businesses £14 billion last year, according to research by Westfield Health, with Covid-19 (Coronavirus) largely to blame.Its Coping with Covid report found mental health-related absenteeism costs rose by £1.3 billion during 2020, compared to 2019, as working from home, furlough and pay cuts brought radical ...
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Article67% of employees on low pay see salary cut due to pandemic
More than two-thirds (67%) of full-time, below-living-wage employees said their pay had been lowered for reasons related to the pandemic over the past year, according to a new report by The Living Wage Foundation.Life On Low Pay, a new report by The Living Wage Foundation, has revealed the depressing plight ...
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Case StudiesCase Study – How 87% Helped The Air Ambulance Community Focus On Mental Wellbeing
The air ambulance community is known for its agility and innovation, its willingness to take a problem and solve it. By now, the problem is well known: employees of blue light servicesare some of the greatest at risk of experiencing a range of mental health issues. For ...
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Article100,000 NHS staff now have early access to wages
More than 100,000 NHS staff across seven trusts are now able to have early access to their earned and extra shifts pay, after they joined Allocate Instant Pay by Wagestream.The deal means workers at trusts including Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital and ...
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Supplier articleNational surveys reinforce need for renewed focus on employee mental health
With two recent government surveys* revealing the impact of the pandemic on mental health, there is no doubt that as we enter another month of lockdown 3.0, mental wellbeing in the workplace should be at the top of the agenda for companies. Companies across the country have ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems to discuss mental health at EB Insights 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Walsh, health, wellbeing and injury prevention manager UK and rest of the world at BAE Systems, will discuss how employers can support employee mental health during times of uncertainty at Employee Benefits Insights 2021.The ‘Placing mental health at the very centre of your wellbeing strategy’ session will be ...
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Supplier articleTips on staying positive in the workplace
Workplace positivity and keeping an optimistic attitude 24/7 hasn’t been easy since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the many challenges business owners and employees have faced over recent months has been maintaining workplace positivity and continuing to have an upbeat positive culture and mindset. With reduced social ...
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ArticleC-Suite suffers most from mental health issues
Global research looking into mental health and resilience has found it is the C-suite that is suffering the most – although all employees say they want their company to do more to support them.Data compiled by Oracle and Workplace Intelligence revealed 53% of executives are struggling with mental health issues, ...
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Supplier articleWebinar: Building a proactive wellbeing programme across the continuum – from wellbeing to treatment
COVID teaches us that it is vital to talk about mental health in the workplace and to look right across the continuum of support for employees - from proactive wellbeing for all, to treatment when colleagues become unwell. We have examined this issue in detail in a ...
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ArticleGrampian Housing Association offers Wellbeing Day
Grampian Housing Association has announced it is giving staff a ‘wellbeing day’, initially to help them cope with the pressures of lockdown.According to Chris Mathieson, the association’s compliance, engagement and support lead, staff can use their day whenever they want – all they have to do is ensure they are ...
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Supplier articleStress in the workplace – find out how we can help ourselves and each other
In the second in our two-part blog series on stress, we use this post to suggest some practical steps that employers and employees can take to help tackle high-level stress, especially during the COVID pandemic.These suggestions are based on best practice advice given by the NHS and show how making ...
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Supplier article87% launches Mental Wellbeing Manifesto – a call for radical change to mental health care processes
We are at the point of crisis. We are faced with a pandemic of seismic proportions; one that a vaccine can’t cure – mental ill health.The topic of mental ill health has been stigmatised and swept under the rug for too long. Yet Covid-19 has thrust this issue into the ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: Building a proactive wellbeing programme for remote employees
COVID has led to huge changes in how work is being done and how workplaces are operating. The move to flexible and home working is reshaping the workplace and presents different health and wellbeing challenges for employers and their employees. In a recent podcast, we looked in ...
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Supplier articleFind out how to spot red flags of stress in your employees
Stress is something that we often hear about at work, especially during the COVID pandemic. Employers know that stress-related illness can often be a major reason why their employees are off work and yet they often miss the signs of trouble before it is too late.We have developed two blog ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
Did you know that only 14% of employees feel comfortable discussing their mental health worries at work?As an employer you are in a unique position to influence employee wellbeing. Our infographic offers valuable insights into:Current statistics around mental health in the workplace and the stigma associated with itThe cost of ...
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ArticleMcDonald’s named Top Employer for working mums
McDonald’s, UBS, PwC and IBM (UK) are all among the UK’s leading organisations for initiatives supporting working parents, according to the annual Top Employers Awards run by employment agency Workingmums.co.uk.The awards – now in their eleventh year – celebrate employers that go above and beyond in helping stuff juggle their ...
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ArticleMental health fears not being met with action
New data from employee experience agency Home has found high employer levels of worry about staff mental health, but less actual help in dealing with it.According to the poll, 80% of organisations said employee mental health was being negatively impacted by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. But despite this level of ...