All Mental health resilience articles – Page 40
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Case StudiesAvison Young ensures its reward strategy is agile and people centric with a flexible offering
Avison Young recognises the importance of providing a reward strategy that, while supporting its overall business strategy, absolutely has its employees at the centre. The philosophy behind the property organisation’s reward strategy is that it provides benefits that align with the needs of its employees and upholds its talent management ...
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ArticleCovid-19 sees executives embrace mental health
The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has been responsible for a generational shift in executives' attitudes to mental health, according to new research by Bupa.Data from the healthcare provider's latest Global executive wellbeing index found there has been a permanent shift in the attitudes of UK business leaders, with seven in 10 ...
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Supplier articleReport shows employee mental health taking a big hit during COVID and calls for employers to do more
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing huge challenges for employers as their staff report widespread feelings of enhanced stress, anxiety, and depression. This is according to research commissioned and published by SilverCloud Health in its 2021 Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing Report. A third-party research firm surveyed 1,288 ...
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ArticleStaff doubt longevity of Covid-19 benefits
Research by HR software provider Personio has found the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had a big impact on the types of benefits employers are offering staff, with a strong focus being on providing flexible hours and mental health provision.But the study also revealed satisfaction with what was being provided was ...
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Supplier articleHR trends to watch out for in 2021
We have all had to adjust to change since the COVID 19 pandemic. From remote working, greater emphasis on employee wellbeing and mental health and adapting to the new employee experience. Here’s a look into the new normal working world and HR trends to look out for this 2021.Feeling more ...
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Supplier articleListen to our podcast on supporting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace after COVID-19
There can be little doubt that COVID-19 has hit the workplace hard. It has left an emotional mark on employees of organisations the length and breadth of these islands and around the world. It has put extraordinary pressure on the mental health of millions and is posing ...
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Case StudiesCASE STUDY – HOW 87% HELPED RCEM BUILD POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH
87% commenced working with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as a key partner in research funding provided by the Aviva Foundation to support frontline workers. The President of the College, Dr Katherine Henderson, had designated physician wellbeing as a strategic priority for the duration of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employees happier but risk burnout
New data from employee engagement platform provider Glint has revealed employees’ overall happiness has increased, but there are signs that they are experiencing rising levels of poor mental health and burnout.The findings from the organisation's first Employee wellbeing report revealed happiness was 5.4% higher in December 2020 compared to December ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TSB to discuss the secrets behind building resilient teams
Sarah McPake, head of talent, insights and inclusion at TSB, will discuss how to build resilient teams at the Employee Benefits Insights 2021 event.Employers will hear why mental health is “firmly a business issue rather than an HR led initiative”, during the session, which is being held on Tuesday ...
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ArticleOYO Hotels appoints Juan Greuter as senior HR business partner
Franchise hotel group OYO Hotels has appointed Juan Greuter as its senior HR business partner.Greuter, who brings more than 17 years’ of experience in working HR, has a remit to drive OYO’s people strategy in line with the company’s stated values of respect, trust, resilience and action-orientation.He joins OYO UK ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: The value of employer support and trust
Mental wellbeing has been an issue that has been climbing higher up the agenda at many organisations for a long time, and its ascent has only accelerated during this pandemic. Therefore, findings from Incomes Data Research earlier this week that revealed almost all (98%) employers had taken specific steps to ...
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Case StudiesCASE STUDY: HOW 87% HELPED THE MENTAL WELLBEING OF A LEADING HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
In 2017, two housing associations merged to form VIVID, now Hampshire’s leading provider of affordable homes and housing-related services. At the time, the changes that occur when two organisations come together – duplication of services, inconsistent processes, cultural misalignments – led to some uncertainty amongst its 850 ...
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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 ...