All Mental health resilience articles – Page 72
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Aviva launches anti-stress app
Aviva has launched a free application (app) called My Stress Kit to help employees manage their stress levels.The app, which is free to download on smart phones, can be included in employers’ health and wellbeing programme.Users have to complete a short quiz to identify their stress levels, as well as ...
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Most employees absent due to stress are able to return to work
Seven out of ten employees absent due to stress return to work within six months, according to research by Legal and General.This is an improvement on data from 2006, when fewer than 40% of employees were able to return to work within the same period.The figure has been steadily rising ...
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Group risk roundtable: Economic influences on stress
If you read nothing else, read this… Stress is now the number one cause of long-term absence, according to the CIPD. Employers are concerned about presenteeism, whereby employees are remaining at work when they are ill because of fears about job security. Problems outside the workplace are a significant cause ...
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Educating staff to deal with stress created by technology
If you read nothing else, read this…Look out for the signs of technology addiction. An employee who constantly checks emails in the middle of the night could be heading for problems.Those suffering ‘technology depression’ could be referred to an employee assistance programme.A prevention strategy includes stating what is expected from ...
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Work-life balance biggest health issue for UK employers
Maintaining a good work-life balance for employees is the top health issue for employers, according to research by industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).Just over a fifth (21%) of respondents to its Group risk employer survey said this was the case, while 19% ranked stress and mental health issues as ...
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Legal and General research: Stress-related absence more likely to be taken by women
Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to analysis by Legal and General.Using Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics, Legal and General found that between October and December 2010, 31,000 women took sick days citing stress, depression or anxiety, compared to 11,000 ...
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Sickness absence: Open plan to tackle stress
If you read nothing else, read this . . . Stigmas associated with mental health problems can create a culture of silence, with staff afraid to talk about their health issues and employers scared to offer support in case they say the wrong thing. High-profile cases of mental health problems, ...
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Health screening: Pressure tests to find stress
If you read nothing else, read this . . . Stress can be hard to quantify but it is possible to monitor using blood tests. Another method is tests that measure peoples’ heart rates when relaxed and under pressure.†Stress and mental health issues may be hard to spot among employees, ...
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Leeds Metropolitan University saves £75,000 a year by tackling workplace stress
Leeds Metropolitan University has saved £75,000 a year by implementing a scheme to tackle workplace stress. John Hamilton, head of safety, health and wellbeing at the university, put the scheme in place over two years ago in reaction to bullying and harassment issues that had surfaced.The scheme is based around ...
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Department for Work and Pensions research: A third of employers offer stress management or support to staff
One-third (32%) of employers offer stress management or support to staff, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).The DWP's Health and wellbeing at work: a survey of employees also found that only 38% of respondents reported having access to occupational health services. This was more prevalent ...
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Healthcare Research 2011: Stress
The slowly improving economy has reduced the pressure to combat workplace stress, but current public sector cuts could create a new need, says Tynan BartonAs the economy has inched further towards recovery in the past year, fewer employers have implemented a strategy to reduce workplace stress. The proportion taking steps ...
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Grid research: Public sector workers suffer more from stress
Public sector workers suffer more from stress than their private sector counterparts, according to new research from Group Risk Development (Grid).The Group Risk Employer Research, conducted among 500 employers, found that stress is the biggest cause of long-term absence amongst public sector employees, running at almost three times the level ...
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Sequents launches stress assessment technology
Sequents has launched stress assessment technology, which employers can use to measure stress levels in employees.It allows employers to combat stress and absenteeism, identify and address issues within their organisations, and reduce costs and business risk through identifying areas of critical need.The Sequents Assessment Technology Test interprets the autonomic nervous ...
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Domestic and General offers free stress management workshops
Call centre Domestic and General (D&G) is offering free stress management workshops to its employees to promote wellbeing in the workplace.The workshops were first offered to team leaders and have now been extended to call centre staff. The workshops, which are delivered by Ingeus, cover topics including back, neck and ...
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Build up emotional resilience to tackle workplace stress
If you read nothing else, read this… Emotional resilience is an individual’s ability to cope in times of stress. The workplace can have a big effect on employees’ resilience, particularly work overload, multiple goals, and relationships with managers. Resilience is a skillset, or set of behaviours that can ...
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Organisational change is a top stress factor for public sector
Organisational change is one of the top three stress factors for public sector workers, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its Absence Survey, published in partnership with SimplyHealth, found nearly half (56%) of public sector employers cited organisational change/restructuring as a key cause ...
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Ukuleles help City workers beat stress
Making music with a miniature instrument is not the most obvious way for suited bankers to escape the pressures of the trading floor.However, for some City workers, playing the ukulele is the ultimate way of beating stress and improving wellbeing. It has been reported that since high profile business men ...
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Medicash research: Men more likely to be absent due to stress
Men are four times more likely than women to phone in sick due to work related stress, according to a survey from Medicash, the healthcare cash plan provider.In the survey of 3,000 workers, 20% of men admitted to taking two sick days in the past month because of stress, while ...
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Mental Workout launches online tool to reduce employee stress
Mental Workout has launched a new web-based stress management programme for employees to help employers increase productivity and reduce absenteeism.Its Freedom from Stress programme offers strategies and exercises for eliminating stress and enhancing overall wellbeing, which can be downloaded to a mobile device, computer or CD.Employees can complete a personal ...
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Property and construction workers hit the bottle to cope with stress
Property and construction workers are more likely than any other professional to turn to drink to cope with stress, according to a survey from Medicash.Of the workers in the industry, 47%, five times more than most other industries, admitted to being so strung out at the end of the day ...