All Mental health resilience articles – Page 46
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OpinionHelen Smith: Supporting employees’ mental health during Covid-19
A few months ago, most employees would have never heard of Covid-19 but now it is the biggest factor affecting their daily lives.Benenden Health surveyed 2,455 respondents in April 2020 to understand how this is impacting employees and share the insight into the challenges Covid-19 poses to their daily life, ...
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AnalysisHow can fitness and nutrition benefits influence good mental health?
Need to know:Employees need 35 minutes of physical activity per day to improve mental health.Nutritional webinars can help guide employees to make good mood-boosting health choices. Employers need to find new ways of encouraging good mental health behaviours during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.It stands to reason that every employer wants ...
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Case StudiesExperian offers employees virtual yoga classes during the Covid-19 pandemic
Experian believes that mental health and exercise go hand-in-hand, and is hosting a three-week mindfulness programme which includes virtual yoga.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the organisation has accelerated its plans to launch its mindfulness series. Originally the plan was to host a series of webinars and activities in person, ...
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OpinionKelly Feehan: Employees' physical health can impact their mental wellbeing
Employee mental health has been a significant focus throughout lockdown but employer responsibility does not stop there. Employers also need to consider the physical health of staff, as for some, the conditions we face when working from home can have a serious impact on our overall wellbeing.Firstly, working from home ...
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OpinionAlison Reynolds: Recognise the challenges affecting employees' mental wellbeing
Covid-19 (coronavirus) has led to an upheaval of our day-to-day routines, limited or halted access to our support systems, and thrown us into mass uncertainty. How long will it go on? When will we be able to see our family? How will our organisation fare? Uncertainty is notoriously difficult and ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support the mental health of employees while working remotely?
Need to know:The pandemic has caused a huge number of employees to work from home, with many having to do so while balancing their childcare responsibilities as well.Employers should check in with their employees on a regular basis to gauge their mental wellbeing.Mental wellbeing support, such as employee assistance programmes ...
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Case StudiesClearvision provides employees working remotely with mental health support
Clearvision has transferred its mental wellbeing support to a virtual offering during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to ensure that employees have multiple avenues of help available to them.The software services firm, which has 55 employees in the UK and five in the US, reminds its employees regularly over video meetings ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reviewing mental health support
As our Mental Health Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.This week is running concurrently with the Mental Health Awareness Week hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, which, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid trials wellbeing apps
I never thought I would say this, but I love my job. How many people get paid to take care of their own wellbeing? Nope. I can’t think of any, but that is exactly what I am doing today.Big Bad Boss has latched onto the current mental health zeitgeist, and ...
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Case StudiesThames Water helps employees understand the bigger picture
Thames Water employs 6,400 employees across London and the Thames Valley. As well as staff based in its head office in Reading, it also has employees across many sites throughout the region as well as field-based engineers and technicians.Aimee Cain, occupational health and wellbeing manager at Thames Water, has seen ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: How are employees coping during lockdown?
How are your employees coping with life under lockdown? While the government’s extension of lockdown and social distancing measures was not unexpected, it may have evoked mixed emotions for some. While most will undoubtedly understand and appreciate the steps that are being taken to minimise the impact of Covid-19, many ...
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AnalysisHow can employers help staff improve their metabolic age?
Need to know:Metabolic age is a holistic way of quantifying health, taking into account physical as well as mental wellbeing.Having an empirical measurement can help frame and communicate a holistic wellbeing strategy.Education and communication should centre on a fun, healthy approach, and team activities should not focus too much on ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Smarkets
The benefits offered by SmarketsPensionContract-based pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution.PayPay transparency across the organisationSelf-set salariesFamily friendly and work-life balanceOn-call nanny, available to an employee up to five times a yearOnsite childcare room for bringing a child to workFlexible working available around core office hours of ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Are you being supported through the Covid-19 pandemic?
How are you? I’m sure that is a question you have asked others on an almost daily basis during the ongoing pandemic; but how many times have you asked it of yourselves?Inevitably, there has been a great deal of focus over the past few weeks on how organisations are treating ...
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OpinionSteven Wibberley: There is no time limit on support needed for bereavement
Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will ever go through. For many employers, it can be difficult to know how to respond when an employee is bereaved, and how to ensure that the impact on both the individual and the organisation is minimised.Providing paid bereavement ...
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ArticleEight in 10 employers pay more than statutory sick pay requirements
Eight in 10 (80%) employers are providing staff with sick pay at a level over and above statutory amounts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, according to research by Lewis Silkin.Employer surveys involving 70 HR leaders from businesses collectively employing more than 200,000 staff, which took place in March 2020, also ...
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OpinionCoronavirus: The view from the market
As the world of work adapts to a new normal, Employee Benefits has collected thought leadership, advice and commentary from across the market, to help readers make sense of the challenges ahead.Maintaining wellbeingAveril Leimon, executive coach at White Water Group: "Self care is vital; this is not the time to ...
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ArticleNon-taxable counselling services to include related medical treatments
Budget 2020: On 11 March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced changes to the tax treatment of welfare counselling services provided by employers to their staff.In his Budget 2020 speech to the House of Commons, Sunak stated that from April 2020 government would be extending the scope on non-taxable counselling services, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters of employers feel responsible for staff mental wellbeing
EXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters (75%) of employers feel it is their responsibility to support employee mental wellbeing, according to new research by Group Risk Development (Grid).The survey of 1,165 employees and 500 HR decision-makers, which took place in January 2020, also found that just under half (49%) of employees agreed that the ...
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ArticleAegon UK initiates mental health awareness training for 120 managers
Pensions provider Aegon UK has launched a series of mental health awareness workshops, supporting managers as part of its 'wellbeing in the workplace' programme. The sessions will be delivered by AXA Healthcare at Aegon UK's offices in Edinburgh, Witham and Peterborough at the end of February 2020; 120 people managers ...