Employee wellbeing in 2021: Is it the most pressing HR issue of the new year?
Going into 2021, it’s safe to say that we’re all hoping that the new year will go a bit more smoothly than the old. Employers have always had a duty of care to support employee wellbeing, but the unrelenting stress of
Top tips for monitoring and improving employee wellbeing
With the hectic events of the past few weeks, our series on workplace wellbeing must seem like an eternity ago. In case you missed it, we published a four-part series on physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing. While there are
Workplace Wellbeing: The importance of social wellbeing and inclusivity in the workplace
Today, we’re talking about social wellbeing, the importance of workplace inclusivity, and the role these things play in employee engagement, productivity and retention. If you’d like to know more, have a look at our previous articles on the physical, mental
Workplace Wellbeing: The Role of Financial Wellbeing at Work
Money; some say it’s the root of all evil. Others say it makes the world go round. What we know for sure is that it’s at the centre of many a heated argument, political or otherwise. Between wage stagnation and
Workplace Wellbeing: Mental Health in the Workplace
We kicked off our four-part series on workplace wellbeing last week. In this part, we’ll be discussing the importance of mental wellbeing, and the effects that poor workplace mental health can have on a range of behaviours including employee engagement
Workplace Wellbeing: The Impact Of Poor Physical Health At Work
The nineteenth annual Health and Wellbeing at Work Survey by the CIPD, in partnership with SimplyHealth, surveyed over a thousand organisations across the UK. 61% of respondents agree that employee wellbeing is on the agenda of senior leaders, up from
Why You Should Care About the Wellbeing of Your Employees
As an employer, it is one of your responsibilities to care for the wellbeing of your employees. And by wellbeing, we mean their physical, mental, social and financial wellness. After all, they are your business’s greatest asset, and it may
What Causes Absenteeism in the Workplace and What are the Consequences?
Monday morning, 7 am. The alarm goes off. For a few minutes, you just lie there and silently weigh up the pros and cons of even having a job in the first place – you don’t need money, you could
Why worry? Workplace stress and how to combat it.
Stress, much like with that weird mouldy patch on the ceiling tiles, is one of the fastest-growing issues in the workplace today. The World Health Organisation has declared stress ‘the health epidemic of the 21st Century’. An increasing body of