All Mental health resilience articles – Page 71
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Article
Most employers offer stress management policies
More than nine out of 10 (92%) of respondents operate stress and anxiety management policies in the workplace, according to initial findings from research by the Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) and Pfizer.The CBI/Pfizer Absence and workplace health survey, which will be published in full later in July, questioned HR ...
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BMW wins Grand Prix at Employee Benefits Awards 2013
The car manufacturer, which was shortlisted in three categories, was chosen for the top award by the judges because of the steps it took to support staff mental wellbeing.BMW implemented a stress management programme in January 2012 as a result of staff feedback. The support service, run by The Priory ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Grand Prix winner
Winner: BMW (UK)Scheme: Stress Management Programme - Mental Health and Wellbeing ServicesBMW was a clear winner for this award for its work in tackling a highly sensitive and often stigmatised issue. The judges commended the organisation for the steps it has taken to support employees’ mental wellbeing, including the foundation ...
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Article
Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best stress management scheme
Winner: BMW (UK)Scheme: Stress Management Programme - Mental Health and Wellbeing ServicesThis award is designed to recognise employers that have made a concerted effort to tackle employee stress and mental health issues, such as depression, by putting measures in place to actively identify and support affected staff.BMW (UK) launched an ...
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AnalysisHow employers should manage workplace stress
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Employers should play a proactive role in managing stress in the workplace.Line managers can play an important part in stress management, but they must be given suitable training.Employers should encourage staff to take responsibility for their own physical and mental wellbeing.There are countless legal ...
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Case Studies
Rise in staff absence prompted Quintiles to adopt stress policy
It introduced its current stress management policy in 2012 as part of its holistic health and wellbeing strategy.A driving factor behind the stress management policy was an increase in stress-related sickness absence. To address this, Quintiles formed a health management team, which concluded that the organisation should improve its approach ...
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ArticleMost common benefits to combat stress
EXCLUSIVE: Less than half (46%) of respondents have specific benefits and strategies in place to reduce workplace stress, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found that the most common benefits to combat stress in the workplace include a ...
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Opinion
Andrew Kinder: Employers must be proactive on stress
When it comes to managing stress and its impact on the workplace, it is important that employers take a proactive approach. There are many techniques and preventative measures that employers can take to manage stress.Line managers have an important role to monitor the behaviour of their teams and identify potentially ...
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Presenteeism fuelling stress in the workplace
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of respondents have attended work while ill in the past three months, according to research by Robertson Cooper.Despite this, its research, from a dataset of more than 54,000 employees, found that UK workplaces do not seem to be recognising or managing this issue.The research, which was last ...
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Britain’s employees feel more stressed at work
Britain’s employees are feeling more insecure and pressured at work than at any other time in the past 20 years, according to research by the Institute of Education (IOE) and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).The 2012 Skills ...
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BMW and AIG shortlisted for stress approach
BMW and Quintiles are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best stress management scheme’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award will recognise employers that have made a concerted effort to tackle employee stress and mental health issues.The full category shortlist is:AIG Europe - AIG Absence ...
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New stress management consultancy launches
A new workplace stress management and employee wellbeing consultancy has launched.Workplace Stress Solutions aims to help prevent and manage stress in the workplace.It offers a tailored approach to organisations through a range of stress management, resilience training, and leadership development programmes. Natasha Shearer, founder of Workplace Stress Solutions (pictured), said: ...
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Article
DOD’s blog: Egging on healthy engagement at work
Last week I did a speaking stint on the same platform as a couple of Towers Watson consultants who were talking about their latest health and wellbeing research.As I sat and listened to their presentation it struck me how leading UK HR and benefits managers are really ‘getting’ employee health ...
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Analysis
How to manage mental health issues
At any one time, about one in six workers is experiencing mental health difficulties, according to Taking care of business, Employers’ guide to mentally healthy workplaces, published by Mind in May 2010. The most common issues are anxiety, depression and unmanageable stress.Mental health problems can originate outside work or from ...
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Analysis
How to manage workplace stress
Last year, we noticed our sickness absence levels were rising, and that staff were increasingly mentioning stress and anxiety as the cause of their absence. This prompted us to undertake an employee survey, which revealed increased levels of stress compared with previous survey results.We wanted to take positive steps to ...
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Video
Jill Cunnison: Top tips to tackle stress and mental wellbeing
Jill Cunnison, head of benefits and HR operations at Capital One, talks to Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, during Employee Benefits Live 2012 about what HR and benefits managers can do to tackle stress and mental wellbeing in the workplace.She shares clever ideas that can be simple to implement ...
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Article
Work is most stressful factor in people’s lives
Work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives, according to research by mental health charity Mind.The research, which surveyed more than 2,000 working adults, found that 34% of respondents said their work life was either very or quite stressful, more so than debt or financial problems (30%) or health ...
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Article
Physiotherapy union switches EAP provider
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has switched the provider of its employee assistance programme (EAP).The physiotherapy union, which has 51,000 members, has appointed The Validium Group to provide the progragmme.Andrea Barber, head of human resources at CSP, said that the union wanted to have a support service in place ...
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Opinion
Louise Aston: Mental health must be taken seriously
We are working in really tough times, which look set to continue. Across the UK, people are putting in longer hours, are more stressed and feel anxious about the future. Indeed, with one in four people experiencing a mental health problem within their lifetime, it is now more important than ...
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Article
Employers must play role in reducing workplace stress
Almost half (48%) of employee respondents said that stress impacts negatively on their working life, according to research by Canada Life Group.The research, which surveyed 1,613 UK employees, found that, of those who found their anxieties impacted on their working life in 2012, 20% said their employer was understanding, 8% ...