All Mental health resilience articles – Page 46

  • Nic Redfern
    Article

    Three-quarters of UK employees are in favour of a four-day working week

    2019-08-28T10:34:45Z

    Three-quarters (75%) of UK employees are in favour of a four-day working week, even if they it would mean fitting full-time hours from a five-day week into a shorter timeframe, according to research by financial comparison website KnowYourMoney.co.uk.Its survey of 2,000 UK adults in either full or part-time work also ...

  • EB-Live-9
    Article

    Employee Benefits Live to explore inclusion, mental health and communication

    2019-08-27T11:03:09Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2019, which will take place at the ExCeL London on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 October, will play host to speakers on a wide range of topics, including mental health, building an inclusive culture and creating effective benefits communications.On the subject of diversity and inclusion, Marc McKenna-Coles, ...

  • Debbie Lovewell-Tuck
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Moving mental wellbeing forward

    2019-08-22T15:09:33Z

    Mental wellbeing remains firmly under the spotlight, both in the workplace and society more broadly, as individual, tragic cases continue to hit the headlines. In most instances, questions are raised as to why more support was not offered or available to those involved.In recent years, we have seen a marked ...

  • Dentons
    Article

    Dentons appoints chief mindfulness officer to roll out wellbeing programme

    2019-08-21T13:50:08Z

    Global law firm Dentons, which employs 17,500 people worldwide, has appointed a Europe chief mindfulness officer, to take responsibility for rolling out its wellbeing programme, NextMind, as well as to train in-house mindfulness ambassadors.Dentons has appointed Karina Furga-Dabrowska, partner in the tax and life sciences division. In this newly created ...

  • Expat employees
    Article

    Three in 10 expatriate employees say wages have a positive impact on wellbeing

    2019-08-21T10:20:25Z

    Approximately three in 10 (28%) expatriate employees have found that wage levels have a positive impact on their wellbeing, according to research by global healthcare provider Aetna International.The international workforce wellbeing survey 2019, which canvassed the views of 2,000 expat employees across 10 countries, further found that 21% believe that ...

  • poor mental wellbeing
    Article

    Four-fifths of UK employees state poor mental wellbeing impacts their work

    2019-08-16T10:34:31Z

    Four-fifths (80%) of UK employees who have struggled with poor mental wellbeing believe that this has impacted on their work, according to research by insight agency Opinium and the University of Warwick.The Workplace mental wellbeing report, which surveyed 2,009 UK employees aged 18 or over, also found that 67% of ...

  • Joe-Gaunt
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Hero acquires mental health organisation The Balanced You

    2019-08-16T09:52:50Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Health and technology business Hero has acquired mental health services organisation The Balanced You, in its third acquisition within the past 12 months.The Balanced You, founded four years ago, provides a range of mental health and wellbeing services, including specialist one-to-one counselling, mindfulness sessions, wellbeing retreats, reiki and hypnotherapy.Hero ...

  • asmr
    Article

    Team building organisation seeks aural artist to create soothing sounds

    2019-08-15T14:00:56Z

    Something for the weekend: Corporate team building business TeamTactics.co.uk is recruiting an ASMR artist, to deliver soothing sounds to stressed-out office workers for £30 an hour.The role will see a zen-focused member of the public sign up to conduct hour-long group sessions for employees, delivering aural triggers that aim to ...

  • TGI Friday's
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s

    2019-08-15T05:00:56Z

    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s:PensionsA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme via the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest): staff save 5% of their salary and TGI Friday’s contributes 3%.Managers and directors of operations can opt to save into a group personal pension (GPP), provided by Standard Life, which enables them ...

  • Jacqui-McManus
    Case Studies

    TGI Friday's uses layered recognition strategies to improve staff retention and wellbeing

    2019-08-15T05:00:09Z

    American-themed casual dining chain TGI Friday's uses a sophisticated, multi-layered approach to recognition to bolster retention and improve the wellbeing of its 5,250 UK-based employees, who operate across 88 national restaurants as well as a main support centre.Jacqui McManus, culture and people development director at TGI Friday's, explains: “That’s really ...

  • Abbey-House-Hotel
    Article

    Abbey House Hotel and Gardens provides mental health training for senior managers

    2019-08-14T09:31:01Z

    Cumbria-based Abbey House Hotel and Gardens has trained three of its senior managers in mental health first aid, to support both the physical and mental wellbeing of its 100-strong workforce.The training, delivered by Dalton-based organisation SOA Safety, was completed in July 2019 for the hotel's head chef, marketing manager and ...

  • Bradbury-Group
    Article

    Bradbury Group sees 70 staff utilise on-site gym since June 2019

    2019-08-13T10:18:37Z

    Manufacturing organisation Bradbury Group opened an on-site gym for 162 staff based at its headquarters in Scunthorpe in June 2019, and has since seen 70 employees use the facilities, amounting to an uptake rate of 43% within the first two months of operation.The on-site gym was built to help boost ...

  • Alfie-Stirling
    Article

    Think tank proposes increases to wages and annual leave to boost UK’s productivity

    2019-08-12T10:40:01Z

    Image credit: NEFBritish think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has proposed that minimum wages and statutory paid holiday entitlement be increased in order to improve the UK’s productivity.The Time for demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday report, published in August 2019, suggested that bolstering ...

  • support
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Only 10% do not currently offer mental wellbeing support to employees

    2019-08-07T13:00:54Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Only 10% of respondents do not currently offer any form of mental wellbeing education or support, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019, which surveyed 290 HR decision-makers and was published in May 2019, found that the number of organisations that do not offer mental wellbeing support ...

  • counselling
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Four-fifths offer counselling services or EAPs

    2019-08-05T13:00:59Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Counselling or employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are offered by 82% of organisations, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019, which surveyed 290 HR decision-makers and was published in May 2019, also found that this is a considerable rise from the 69% that used EAPs in 2018, demonstrating ...

  • David-Capper
    Article

    Half of employees suffer workplace stress and anxiety during summer

    2019-08-05T10:20:00Z

    Almost half (48%) of employee respondents experience workplace stress and anxiety over the summer months, according to research by Westfield Health.The Wellbeing index report, which surveyed 2,014 UK employees and 250 HR professionals in June 2019, also found that 37% of HR staff feel that their organisation does not do ...

  • Gymshark
    Article

    Gymshark sees 91% of staff log on to benefits platform since October 2016

    2019-07-31T11:02:09Z

    As of July 2019, online fitness clothing and accessories retailer Gymshark has seen 91% of its 300 UK-based employees log on to its employee benefits platform since its launch.The Birmingham-based organisation partnered with Perkbox in October 2016 to launch the platform, aligning with Gymshark’s commitment to focus on employee wellbeing.The ...

  • Sam-Ellis
    Article

    GatenbySanderson trains mental health first aiders to support staff wellbeing

    2019-07-25T10:27:22Z

    Executive search organisation GatenbySanderson has trained 10 of its 140 employees to be mental health first aiders.The training was completed on 10 and 11 July 2019 in partnership with mental health charity Mind. The programme aimed to equip staff to spot the early warning signs of deteriorating mental health, understand ...

  • Mental Health
    Article

    Two-fifths used return-to-work support for mental health conditions in 2018

    2019-07-22T09:47:57Z

    In 2018, almost two-fifths (39%) of employees made use of return-to-work support following time off for mental health conditions, such as stress and anxiety, according to research by employee benefits provider Unum.The Sickness absence and return to work trends report, which analysed access to Unum’s rehabilitation services in the UK ...

  • Elsevier
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Elsevier hosts wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based staff

    2019-07-18T08:00:25Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Information analytics organisation Elsevier has hosted a wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based employees as part of its global health and wellbeing initiative, MindLife.The inaugural wellbeing day, held in July 2019, aimed to promote the overall health and wellbeing of employees working at Elsevier’s Oxford operating site.The wellbeing day enabled ...