All Mental health resilience articles – Page 51
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Intangible assets are key to demonstrating return-on-investment
Employee Benefits Connect 2019: The way organisations measure return-on-investment (ROI) for employee benefits should take into consideration intangible assets, such as branding, employee goodwill, customer relationships, intellectual property and knowledge sharing, according to Alex Tullett (pictured), director of decision science and consulting at outsourcing and professional services firm Capita HR ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Schroders creates global strategy to tackle employee health
Employee Benefits Connect 2019: Multinational asset management organisation Schroders has launched a global wellbeing strategy in order to be more proactive in supporting employee health and wellbeing.Speaking at Employee Benefits Connect 2019 on Wednesday 27 February, as part of the recognition and motivation conference stream, Charlotte Frost (pictured), benefits and ...
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ArticleBradbury Group launches suicide prevention training
Steel door and physical security manufacturer Bradbury Group has introduced suicide prevention training for its 200 employees, to support staff mental health and wellbeing and raise awareness around suicide support services.The training, which was launched on Monday 25 February 2019, is provided via video by Zero Suicide Alliance, a collaboration ...
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ArticleOnly one day left until Employee Benefits Connect 2019
Employee Benefits Connect 2019, the one-day conference and exhibition for in-house senior HR, benefits and reward professionals, is taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 27 February 2019) at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge.Delegates will be able to gain insights on and discuss leading trends in benefits and reward, thanks to an extensive ...
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ArticleSpencer Group launches mental health first aiders and champions
Engineering organisation Spencer Group has launched a network of four mental health first aiders and seven mental health champions, to encourage its 300 employees to talk about their mental wellbeing.Headquartered at Humber Quays, Hull Marina, the organisation also has offices in London and Glasgow, as well as teams working on ...
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Case StudiesSunrise Senior Living puts recognition at the heart of its benefits strategy
Private residential and nursing care home business Sunrise Senior Living centres its benefits strategy around peer-to-peer and top-down recognition, aligned with its business goals and principles of service.Primarily, this is achieved through the organisation’s Heart and Soul programme, which encourages its 5,000 UK-based employees to recognise colleagues that go over ...
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Supplier articleHow to keep a positive mindset at work
We all have days where we tend to struggle at work, whether it’s the thought of Monday morning or the realisation it’s only the middle of the week, those days do happen. As much as we love our job, and understand life takes a little bit of ...
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Supplier articleKeeping a check on your mental wellbeing at work
Mental wellbeing at work is just as important as physical wellbeing, and the two tend to go hand in hand. But many people forget to ensure to keep an eye on their mental health, and sometimes allow it to slip.Work is where you spend most of your time, and it ...
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ArticleA quarter of small to medium employers are too busy to support mental health
More than a quarter (28%) of small to medium employers state that they are too busy to think about supporting mental health in the workplace, with 48% believing they could be doing more in this area, according to research by small business platform Xero.Its survey of 500 small and medium ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Discuss health and wellbeing at Employee Benefits Connect in under two weeks
EXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Connect 2019 is drawing close, with less than two weeks to go before delegates will be able to attend a session presented by Sarah O'Neill (pictured), Sarah O’ Neill (pictured), chartered counselling psychologist and clinical director at Spectrum Life, an Ireland-based network of private mental health support ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits and mental health: actions speak louder than words
Mental health is an increasingly well-publicised topic and it’s fair to say that its presence in the headlines – thanks in part to high-profile advocates of mental health causes such as those supported by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, for example - has gone a long way in helping ...
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ArticleGemma Bullivant: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
For a long time, mental health has been a taboo topic in the workplace, despite the fact that suicide is the leading cause of death for men aged 20 to 49 in England and Wales, according to Suicides in the UK: 2013 registrations, published by the Office for National Statistics ...
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ArticleNick Barnes: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
Any employee death is a tragedy, affecting everyone around that person. When the cause of death is established as suicide, when someone takes their own life, this can cause grave emotional injury to anyone attached to that individual. With that injury comes vulnerability. Vulnerability for both employees and employers.There are ...
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ArticleDebbie Francis: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
Ford of Britain's journey to implement a mental health strategy started in early 2017 over a cup of coffee, when a colleague and I discussed our personal experiences and how mental ill-health touches so many of us, in so many different ways. It is an issue we cannot afford to ...
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Supplier articleThree ways to get people talking about mental health in the workplace
Shocking research by GRiD has highlighted that less than a fifth of companies are taking steps to manage employee stress and mental health issues. An audience poll taken during a HR Magazine webinar, has also revealed that 83% of HR professionals believe mental health pressures on employees and rates of ...
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ArticleHalf of managers have never been trained in workplace mental health
Approximately half (49%) of managers have never received training on mental health in the workplace, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).Its survey of 940 UK managers also found that only 30% have received this training in the last year, while a further 20% did so more than ...
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ArticleSearch Laboratory invests in mental health first aid training for 50% of staff
Digital marketing agency Search Laboratory has provided mental health first aid training for 50% of its 130 employees, in order to align with an ongoing commitment to support positive mental health in the workplace.The training was initially promoted to staff during a wellbeing week in November 2018. At this point, ...
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ArticlePHMG to launch mental health support app for 400 global employees
Audio branding organisation PHMG has announced that it will be launching a mental health support app and online platform for its 400 global employees tomorrow (Thursday 7 February 2019) to align with Time to Talk Day.The new app and platform, provided by Tootoot, aims to encourage conversations around mental health ...
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ArticleBird's brainstorm: Employers are looking at their impact on the world in 2019
As January draws to a close and 2019 gets truly under way, employers appear to not only be thinking about profits and productivity for the year ahead, but also about their impact on both employees and the wider world.This might take the form of a commitment to a more sustainable ...
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ArticleThree-quarters of employees want a more tailored benefits package
Approximately three-quarters (73%) of employees want a more tailored benefits package, according to research by build-to-rent organisation Get Living.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 48% of respondents would leave their current job for one with better perks, while 7% are willing to take a pay cut in ...