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    EAP guidelines published

    2012-11-23T12:31:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association (UK EAPA) has published a set of guidelines that provide an up-to-date review of issues relating to the commissioning, delivery and evaluation of employee assistance programmes (EAPs).The guidelines, which include a foreword from Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster ...

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    Cabinet Office awards EAP agreement

    2012-11-21T10:45:00Z

    The Cabinet Office has awarded four providers a framework agreement to deliver pan-government employee assistance programme (EAP) services.The agreement was awarded as part of a tender process carried out by the government procurement service.Government departments have the option to select a preferred supplier from the four providers. Alternatively, the four ...

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    Awareness day highlights workplace stress

    2012-11-07T12:41:00Z

    Work-related stress issues lead to less engagement, more day-to-day physical health problems and a higher likelihood of day-to-day psychological health problems, according to research by wellbeing specialists Robertson Cooper.The research, which coincides with National Stress Awareness Day on 7 November, found that, of the 47% of respondents who have encountered ...

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    Stress is top health risk to employers

    2012-11-06T10:58:00Z

    Stress among employees is considered the top health risk to organisations, according to research by group risk industry trade body, Group Risk Development (Grid).Its Group risk employer research study, which surveyed 500 employers in October, found that 21% of respondents named stress and mental health issues as the number one ...

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    GE Healthcare wins award for staff healthcare

    2012-11-01T12:13:00Z

    GE Healthcare has been awarded the UK’s Royal Society of Public Health’s Health promotion and community wellbeing award 2012 for its employee health and wellness programme.GE has offered the programme, HealthAhead, to its 300,000 employees worldwide since 2010. It is available to GE Healthcare’s 46,000 employees.The programme covers issues such ...

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    Higher priority given to staff mental health

    2012-10-29T09:16:00Z

    Some employers are taking action, such as accountancy ?rm Deloitte, which unveiled a black dog statue at its London of?ces to show its commitment to the Black Dog campaign, run by the charity Sane to support mental health.The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth absence management survey found that ...

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    Cigna UKHB launches EAP

    2012-10-23T10:48:00Z

    Cigna UKHB has launched an employee assistance programme (EAP) to complement its occupational health, medical and dental plans.The EAP provides support for line managers and employees through:An in-house team of telephone counsellors and case managers that deliver a range of support and advisory services.A 24/7 access via free phone, SMS ...

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    Deloitte tackles workplace mental health among staff

    2012-10-22T10:48:00Z

    Business advisory firm Deloitte has unveiled a black dog statue at is London offices. The statue is a symbol of the firm’s commitment to the Black Dog campaign run by Sane, the mental health charity, to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff.Deloitte has been working with Sane since ...

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    Most EAP users recover after counselling

    2012-10-17T08:59:00Z

    Nearly three-quarters (70%) of respondents who have used an employee assistance programme (EAP) have recovered or improved following the counselling, according to research by the UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association (UK EAPA).Its research, Benchmarking key service quality indicators in UK employee assistance programme counselling, which was undertaken in partnership with ...

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    Mental health stigma is decreasing

    2012-10-10T10:50:00Z

    More than a quarter (28%) of respondents believe there is less stigma around mental health issues in the workplace compared to a year ago, according to research by Aviva.Aviva’s Health of the workplace 2012 report, which has been launched to coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, found ...

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    Legal and General highlights workplace stress

    2012-09-21T10:38:00Z

    Legal and General has launched a campaign to highlight how stress in the workplace is affecting employees in financial services and what employers can do to help.The campaign, Stress in the City, will include posters in London’s main commuter train stations.Glen Laming, employment services director at Legal and General, said: ...

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    Formal stress management policies needed

    2012-09-13T07:42:00Z

    More than one in four (28%) respondents said they have no formal process in place to deal with the stress and anxiety of employees, according to research by recruitment agency OfficeTeam.The research, which surveyed 200 HR directors across the UK, found that, of those employers that did offer a formal ...

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    A fifth of respondents unsure how to cope with workplace stress

    2012-07-30T23:00:00Z

    Just a fifth (22%) of respondents said they have been given official guidance on how to cope with workplace stress, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.The research, which polled 1,607 UK employees, found that over half (52%) of respondents have taken time off sick due to problems caused ...

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    CIPD launches stress management tool for managers

    2012-07-10T09:32:00Z

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a free online stress management tool to help managers deal with and prevent stress among their staff.The tool, which was developed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is designed to help managers understand how their own behaviour can affect ...

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    Healthcare research 2012: Stress

    2012-06-05T23:00:00Z

    More than half of respondents now have specific benefits or strategies to tackle stress in the workplace, and concern for staff wellbeing is the main driver, says Debbie LovewellThis year has seen a big rise in the percentage of respondents that have implemented specific benefits or strategies to tackle stress. ...

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    Aviva launches anti-stress app

    2012-05-24T11:22:00Z

    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

    2012-04-30T10:11:00Z

    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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    Work-life balance biggest health issue for UK employers

    2012-01-06T10:38:00Z

    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

    2011-12-22T11:10:00Z

    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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    Leeds Metropolitan University saves £75,000 a year by tackling workplace stress

    2011-08-18T09:33:37Z

    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 ...