Following their involvement in the Health and Wellbeing at Work piloting, a number of our Specialist Assessors have pulled together a series of articles on a number of subjects related to health and work. These articles are intended to provide an overview of these particular issues and provide organisations with better understanding. The articles include:
Health and Wellbeing at Work - Why It is Important
In the past few years there has been increasing focus on the issues of health and wellbeing in the workplace. This article explains why this is and how the health and wellbeing of an organisation is reliant on the health and wellbeing of its personnel. Using the findings from Investors in People research and case studies, the articles explore the benefits of addressing this issue and provides tips for measuring where your organisation currently is.
Getting Started on Health and Wellbeing - Simple Steps
This article focuses on the importance of not only identifying where you currently are in relation to health and wellbeing but also where you want to be and how to get there. This practical simple step approach can help you further down the road to organisational success.
Taking a Strategic Approach to Health and Wellbeing
Successful health and wellbeing in the workplace is not about dictating how people should live their lives. Too many resources are invested in reactive health and wellbeing interventions introduced with little thought about how these will be evaluted. This article highlights the importance of thinking strategically to ensure effective health and wellbeing benefitting employees and employers.
Manager Tips
With stress an increasingly common issue in the workplace, this article provides tips how managers can effectively support their teams and the wider organisation. The article focuses on areas such as the demands managers face, the control they have and what support is available. With key links to the HSE and other useful resources, the articles provides practical support and understanding for managers.
How an Ageing Workforce Changes the Way We Work
With an increasingly aging workforce in the UK, this articles focuses on the opportunities to employers that this situation provides.
How Training Can Improve the Health of Your Workforce
Tips on how training courses can support employees to manage their health more effectively. From nutrition through to assertiveness, the article lists the benefits of a number of courses commonly available around the UK.
How Healthy Staff Improve the Workplace Culture
Workplace culture reaps the benefits of healthy and productive employees. This article lists a number of simple methods to ensure the culture supports employees and enhances morale and performance.
Physical Health and the Impact on Performance
Wth physically active employees more likely to have better mental wellbeing and less likely to be absent from work, there are considerable benefits to be gained from a more active workplace. This articles looks at issues such as gyms, sport clubs, and social activities can help employees to work better together and help the organisation achieve its goals.
Health Screening
Health Screenings are being increasingly used by employers as a preventative means of addressing longer term illness in the workplace and ensuring risk is minimised. This article looks at the risk of not undertaking health screenings and some of the cost savings and workplace cultural benefits of offering such a service.
Employee Assistance Programmes
The usage of specialist Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) have helped organisation to provide guidance and support to their workforce. EAPs provide expert assistance, reassurance, and advice for employees and are a good means of supporting the workforce on areas of concern. They can be used to reduce stress levels and improve employees mental wellbeing.
Workplace Mental Health
Stigma attached to mental health means that it is not discussed by many organisations and those living with mental health feel reluctant to raise such issues with employers. The article looks at how employers can support those working with mental health, helping them through the illness.
Limiting the Impact of Flu
Flu is one of the common causes of short term workplace ill health in the UK. Reducing the risk of flu in the workplace can significantly reduce absence costs and the impact this has on productivity. This article provides some tips for employers and highlights how flu can effect workplaces.
Bullying in the Workplace
Whilst bullying in the workplace is not tolerated by the vast majority of organisations, it still remains a problem if the policies and systems are not in place to support. This article looks at how damaging bullying can be to morale, health and productivity. It also provides some useful tips on how to reduce the risk of bullying at work.