All Mental health resilience articles – Page 69
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OpinionAndrew Kinder: How can EAPs support staff suffering from financial stress?
Some people have no trouble in managing corporate finances and other people’s assets, while others really struggle when it comes to their personal finances. In simple terms, they can get into quite a mess. The process of getting out of such a mess can really affect employees, perhaps resulting in ...
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AnalysisHow to recognise and manage workplace mental health issues
Although they have been overtaken by common mental disorders, physical conditions such as musculoskeletal disorders still account for a substantial proportion of long-term sick leave.But employees cannot be divided neatly into those with physical health problems and those with mental health problems. Physical and mental health conditions frequently co-occur. About ...
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BT and Unilever launch report on depression
BT Group and Unilever are among the employers that have launched a report featuring fresh insights into the issue of depression in the workplace.The Depression in the workplace in Europe: new insights from business leaders report has been published to coincide with Depression Awareness Week, from 26 April to 3 ...
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BT, Mars and RBS pledge to tackle mental health
BT, Mars and Royal Bank of Scotland are among the employers leading a campaign to tackle mental health in the workplace.The campaign, run by Business in the Community (BITC), coincides with the launch of BITC’s report Mental health: we’re ready to talk, as part of Responsible Business Week, which runs ...
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ArticleEAPs and pensions top core benefits offered to all staff
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs), other types of counselling, and pensions are the top core benefits offered to all employees, according to The Benefits Research 2014, which was carried out among 256 respondents in March 2014.Over the past decade, EAPs have undergone significant growth in popularity as a core benefit for ...
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ArticleFour Seasons Health Care launches voluntary benefits
Four Seasons Health Care is to launch a voluntary benefits scheme for its 33,000 UK employees.The scheme, which will launch in March, will be available to the health and social care provider’s employees through an online portal and a hard-copy benefits book.It will include access to a discounts scheme and ...
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Google opens onsite wellness centre in Ireland
Google has opened an onsite wellness centre for employees at its Irish office.The wellness centre supports the technology firm’s Optimise Your Life strategy, which is aimed at creating the happiest, healthiest employees, explained Oli Husemeyer, international benefits project manager at Google, during a session entitled The impact of stress on ...
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Employers must support staff with mental health issues
Its Mental health and work: UK report made a series of recommendations, including that employers should get much more involved in supporting employees with mental health issues.Dame Carol Black, expert adviser on health and work at the Department for Health, said: “Of all the messages that I take from that ...
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Article85% see health benefits of bikes for work
More than three-quarters (85%) of bikes-for-work scheme users have noticed an improvement in their health since taking up the scheme, according to research by the Cycle to Work Alliance.The healthy commute research, which surveyed more than 18,000 employees who use the scheme and 700 employers that offer bikes for work, ...
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ArticleMental health issues cost UK £70bn a year
Mental health issues cost the UK around £70 billion every year, according to research by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Its report, Mental health and work: United Kingdom, found that this figure amounts to a 53% loss in employment and productivity.The report recommends that the government’s new Health ...
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EY launches new employee wellbeing programme
EY has launched a new approach to employee wellbeing called Health EY.The programme includes the introduction of mental health first-aiders across the professional services firm.Employees will be trained to act as a first point of call for colleagues who are facing mental health challenges or seeking advice.The organisation has also ...
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Whitbread launches employee assistance programme
Whitbread has launched an employee assistance programme (EAP) for more than 40,000 employees.The organisation, which includes brands such as Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, initially trialled the scheme with 4,000 employees.The EAP, which is provided by and charity Hospitality Action and is available across the catering and ...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Good deeds pay dividends
Although the same time parameters do not apply, this sense of altruism is extending into the workplace. In the first few weeks of this year alone, we reported on several large employers’ charitable or green initiatives linked to their benefits or reward schemes.Reinsurer Swiss Re, for example, extended its financial ...
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Case StudiesStaff wellbeing underpins building design at Great Ormond Street Hospital
The building, which opened in 2012, has seven floors, one of which is the staff restaurant, which has wall-to-ceiling glazed windows and runs along the entire length of the building.Unlike the traditional hospital set-up, there is a staff room away from the ward area, with views over Coram’s Fields, an ...
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AnalysisHealthcare benefits to address depression in the workplace
If you read nothing else, read this…One in five adults in the UK experience anxiety or depression.Line manager training and online assessment tools can help employees to manage depression.A support programme to address depression can integrate all healthcare benefits.This finding, together with the detrimental effect winter can have on employees’ ...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Wellbeing can fight the blues
All too often, good intentions around exercise and healthy eating go out of the window with the promise that we will be good when the weather starts to improve.With this in mind, the winter months might not seem like the most appropriate time to launch or promote health and wellbeing ...
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Employee Benefits Awards support mental wellbeing
For the second year, the Employee Benefits Awards will recognise an employer that is excelling in how it manages employee stress and mental wellbeing.The award for Best stress management strategy will recognise employers that have put measures in place to actively identify stress in the workplace or employees that are ...
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UK teachers stressed over pay and pensions
More than three-quarters (77%) of UK teachers said their workplace stress levels have increased over the past 12 months, according to research carried out by independent polling organisation ComRes.Its research, which looked into teachers’ levels of job satisfaction and wellbeing, found that respondents’ biggest concern regarding their job is their ...
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ArticleDisengaged employees and poor health costs UK £6bn
Employees with poor health and a lack of motivation cost the UK £6 billion last year, according to research by Bupa and the Centre for Economics and Business Research.Its study of 5,000 workers found that more than a third (37%) of teams are experiencing stress and pressure because of ill ...
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Minority of employers tackle workplace stress
Research published by charity Mind in October found that 36% of the employees surveyed believe looking after workers’ mental wellbeing should be an organisational priority, but only 20% feel their employer takes active steps to help them manage stress.Emma Mamo, policy and campaigns manager at Mind, said: “We have been ...