Mental health: The importance of person-led support for serious conditions
Support for employees with complex mental health conditions needs to be personalised and dovetail seamlessly with other mental health services.
Three ways to make your WFA policy work for everyone
Making a good work-from-anywhere policy part of your organisational offering is about choice. Find out how to make it work.
How to manage the sudden shift back to home working
Ian Moore provides current guidance for HR professionals on the sudden shift back to home working.
How to change the ‘always on’ workplace culture: Lessons from overseas
How do our European neighours ensure that employees disconnect from the workplace and what can we learn from their experiences?
Taking care of HR: Bringing supportive supervision to those who need it most
During the pandemic, HR has continued to work tirelessly to keep employees engaged, productive and resilient but, asks Dr Jo Burrell, who is supporting them?
Is your culture prepared for the ‘Day One’ flexible working rules?
Flexible working rules are to be made day-one under proposed legislation. Does this requires a culture change and what are implications for HR?
Hybrid working: Why it’s time to stop debating the future of how we work
Pre-pandemic the trend for flexible working was already growing. It’s time to give people the freedom to find the best way of working for them.
Why a ‘punctuated week’ (not just a four-day working week) is a game changer for employee wellbeing
An increasing number of organisations are adopting a four-day working week – should your business follow suit?
Flexible working: how the unlikeliest of industries can embrace ‘true flex’
We all trialled flexible working during the pandemic, but how can we sustain it in the long-term?
Practising mindfulness through times of uncertainty
Embedding mindfulness practise into our daily lives can help us maintain good mental health during unsettling times.
Workplace relationship policies: what’s love got to do with it?
When McDonald’s CEO was dismissed following his announcement of his relationship with a colleague, workplace relationships became a new priority on HR’s agenda. Office romances can come with real and perceived conflicts of interest with the potential of influencing decision-making, especially if one half of the couple is more senior than the other. But with […]
Employee wellbeing: Is presenteesim a symptom of flexible working?
The CIPD has recently published their annual Health and wellbeing at work report which rouses concern in the rise in presenteeism – the act of working when you’re not feeling well. This is despite seeing a decrease in presenteeism and leaveism since last year, dropping from 86% to 83% and 57% to 51% respectively. But […]
What challenges will HR departments face in 2020?
We are undoubtedly living through a period of unprecedented change. Technological progress in all corners of daily life is bringing dramatic shifts to the way people engage, consume, communicate – and, especially, the way they work. As we draw closer to the beginning of a new decade, it seems obvious that new developments, such as […]
Ten reasons to love doing HR for a small business
Alright, alright. You don’t have access to a ‘Leadership University’ or state of the art breakout rooms. You don’t have an army of HRBPs, and if you want a promotion you’ll have to give it to yourself. That said, doing HR in a small or medium sized enterprise has its perks. Let’s examine them. 1. […]
Flexible working: employers must ease the strain for working parents or lose the talent
Despite the introduction of shared parental leave, many organisations still hold outdated attitudes towards working parents and penalise people for having family commitments. If yours is one of them, you could be at risk of losing some of your top talent. Lack of true flexibility in the modern workplace is pushing working parents to breaking […]
Mental health: why a digital detox is essential for both wellbeing and productivity
Our ‘always on’ digital culture is having a negative effect on our mental health. It’s time to switch off. Here are three top tips to help you detach from that smartphone and start living in the real world again. Most of us use technology every day at work, at home and on the move. Modern […]
Workplace stress: why good leadership is key to stress management
Work-related stress is on the rise, so it’s down to leadership teams to set a good example and take mental health more seriously. In today’s ‘always-on’ and hyper-connected workplace, work-related stress is becoming a real problem – so much so, it’s become the top cause of absenteeism for UK businesses. According to NHS Employers, stress […]
Mental health awareness: spotting the signs and starting the conversation
Two in three managers feel confident promoting wellbeing, but less than half of staff think managers would spot their mental health problems. For the last three years, we’ve been delivering our Workplace Wellbeing Index, a benchmark of best policy and practice when it comes to employers promoting good mental health among their employees. This year, […]
Wellbeing at work: why we need a culture shift, not just a policy change
Wellbeing isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ – it should be a core part of your employee strategy. Here, we look at the business drivers for this and how to implement good wellbeing practices in your organisation. Bereavement, sleep loss, relationship issues, stress, anxiety and depression – these are just some of the common mental […]
Stress Awareness Month: managing stress in a modern ‘always on’ work environment
With technology and an always-on culture contributing to our highly stressed workforce, Stress Awareness Month is the perfect time for HR professionals to remind themselves of the multi-faceted approach to combatting stress among employees. In the modern world of work there are times when we need to work outside of our normal hours; meaning early mornings, late […]
