Wellbeing Archives

Long-term financial wellbeing requires savings support from employers

Employer prompted education and support about saving can significantly improve employee financial wellbeing

Will Goldman Sachs’ unlimited holiday harm wellbeing?

Will unlimited leave tackle the company’s work-life balance struggle or will it just make things worse?

How the transgender community is faring in 2022

A personal reflection on the professional landscape for the trans community in 2022

Dog-friendly offices: Unleashing a new way of working

Want a dog-friendly office space? Here are some top tips to keep things on track.

Don’t launch a four-day work week until you get these six things right

While the benefits of the four-day work week could be huge, organisations should not rush into it without resetting how work gets done.

Should employers be worried about monkeypox?

Reported cases of monkeypox have been cropping up across the country, but should employers be worried?

There’s far more we could do to allow LGBTQI + employees to freely participate at work

Workplace inclusion programmes are often conceived with the best of intentions, many end up as invasive and risk making LGBTQI+ employees feeling tokenised.

To work or not to work when sick: How do employees decide?

This structured method can help employees consider if they should take time off work during illness

Imposter syndrome is holding women back

Avoiding imposter syndrome is a challenge but women need to overcome this to flourish at work.

Above all, do no harm: Authenticity and quantifiability for equality

For Pride, Raf Uzar explores how we must follow the Hippocratic Oath in doing no harm to protect employees and allow everyone to be their true selves at work.

Financial wellbeing: Should salary-linked savings be made an opt-out product like pensions?

HR can help employees better manage their money with salary saving schemes, but should these be opt-out products?

Communicating benefits to help staff with the cost of living

Making sure your employees are fully aware of the benefits you offer can help lead them through the cost of living squeeze.

Pride but not proud

We have Pride, but where is the LGBT+ representation the rest of the year? DEI leader Leng Montgomery reminds us why Pride isn’t the only LGBT+ month each year.

Pride and Pronouns: Why they are so important in HR

Why organisations and HR departments who are serious about cultivating inclusive and supportive workplace environments should not ignore the use of pronouns.

Is a four-day working week the answer to your employee wellbeing problems?

Recent research has discovered that employees believe a four-day working week to be one of the most effective ways to improve wellbeing in the workplace.