1 in 7 people experience mental health problems in the workplace, with evidence suggesting that 13% of all sick days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions - so what are workplaces…
How comfortable are you discussing your employees’ mental…
Poor mental health is widespread in the workplace, but many are struggling in silence because their managers lack the skills and confidence to offer them the support they require. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week,…
Havensrock Thrive App launched by Punter Southall Health…
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (13-17 May 2019), Punter Southall Health and Protection is launching ‘Havensrock Thrive’, a new wellbeing app designed to help employees manage their mental health. Havensrock Thrive is a cost-effective…
XpertHR highlights good practice guidance for employers to…
To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19th) May, a time when many employers are looking at ways to support employees with mental health, XpertHR is highlighting some key advice on managing mental…
Tracking absence is key to addressing mental health…
This Mental Health Awareness Week (13th – 19th May), Adrian Lewis, Director at Activ Absence urges UK employers to track absence closely, following research from the CIPD[i] that revealed mental ill health is now the…
PERKBOX UNBOXES: Status of UK mental wellbeing strongly…
Perkbox, Europe’s fastest growing employee experience platform has today partnered with SEMrush, SaaS marketing platform, to examine the status of mental wellbeing in the country according to online searches. The findings represent what UK citizens have…
Supporting mental health isn’t global, highlights The Health…
Employers need to be mindful of the significant differences globally in how mental health is viewed and treated, when it comes to managing an international workforce. Disparities in both attitudes to, and treatment of, mental…
Investing in wellbeing solutions and technology can help…
A new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and Simply Health, has highlighted that nearly two-fifths of UK businesses have seen an increase in stress related absence over the last year, with…
During stress awareness month XpertHR offers employers five…
April is stress awareness month, an event organised by the Stress Management Society to increase public awareness about stress in the workplace. Last year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that for the first…