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Tags: Mental health
Remote working improves workers’ mental health
Physical health can also benefit from remote working.
‘These are unprecedented times’, employers have a lot of work to do
An important aspect whilst remote working is tech support.
Deborah Frost: Prioritising health and financial wellness
“Alarmingly only 37 per cent of organisations make efforts to promote financial wellbeing .”
Lord Mark Price: ‘there is nothing to fear from remote working’
Trust is key for remote working.
How an employee can uphold their mental wellbeing during remote working
Loneliness can be a big issue for remote workers.
Malcolm Cairns: Make wellbeing in your organisation part of your culture
“Wellbeing concerns itself with more detailed and acute issues.”
Neil Pattison: Why mental health and wellbeing must be on the agenda
“Work can cause mental health issues or aggravate it.”
Brendan Street: The UK’s unspoken epidemic, ‘Anxious Achievers’
‘Anxious Achievers’: high-performing individuals who keep mental ill health close to their chests.
David Selves: The challenges for HR to prove the value of wellbeing initiatives to business
“One of the great social changes is society’s attitude to mental health.”
IR35 exodus: over half of contractors set to leave clients
31 per cent of contractors are suffering from mental health issues due to IR35.
James Herbert: Time for an awkward conversation?
“It’s hard to know what’s really going on in workers’ lives.”
Time to Talk Day: speak to your employees regarding mental health
25 per cent are affected by mental health problems.
Niki Fuchs: Support your employees’ mental health with these key changes to the workplace
“Stress and anxiety rank among the biggest drivers of workplace absences.”
How should employers deal with staff requesting mental health days?
Laura Kearsley, partner and solicitor answers some commonly asked questions.