For many, Dry January has become an annual challenge: a chance to kick start the year with a detox after the heavy festive period and to help out a depleted, sorry looking, bank balance. In an ideal world it needs to be more than just a one-off, one-month avoidance of alcohol. If we look at […]
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Dec
Dec
The most important asset of any organisation is its people. Happy, healthy staff are more motivated, productive and loyal as research frequently proves. Having a company strategy to keep staff happy and healthy is vital, as is putting into practice policy and procedures where employee health and wellbeing are concerned. Managers in the front line, […]
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Nov
Nov
Imagine if money were no object, what sort of business would you run? Would you pay someone to do the jobs you hate or spend it on a big budget ad? Would you invest in the best staff benefits money could buy; duvet days, flexible working, free lunch, gym memberships, and unlimited annual leave? Imagine […]
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Nov
Nov
Keeping your workforce fit and healthy can be a challenge. Here are our suggestions on ways you can promote healthy eating in your workforce and encourage your employees to reduce their intake. Sugar and Health High sugar foods are high in calories. Consuming too many increases the risk of obesity, heart disease, tooth decay and gum […]
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Nov
Nov
It’s ironic isn’t it, that the very things we’ve developed to make our lives easier have made them harder, in ways we could never have predicted as technology has evolved. It’s easy to feel like we’re drowning in a sea of connectivity and the pressure to keep up socially and professionally is relentless. It’s no […]
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Oct
Oct
Continuing our focus on the return to work interview, this blog will look at the topic of empathy, how it is different to sympathy and why it is so important in the workplace. Empathy and sympathy intertwine constantly in our day-to-day lives, yet they each have a very different outcome. The dictionary definition of empathy […]
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Oct
Oct
This week has seen mental health awareness back in the headlines, with the unveiling of World Mental Health Day 2018. The focus has been on young people and their mental health in our changing world, and the messages will have no doubt struck a cord through every headline and media channel worldwide. Ironically, as I’m sat with […]
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Sep
Sep
Following on in our series about the return to work interview, we focus this week on strategies to manage the process, following the absence of an employee with mental health illness. In many ways, this can be more of a challenge to management and HR than any other return to work interview. The improved attitude […]
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Aug
Aug
According to the Health and Safety Executive, in 2016, 37% of all cases of work-related ill health were due to stress (and related issues of anxiety or depression). Each case resulted in an average of 24 working days lost, the implication of which can have a huge effect on any business, large or small. High staff […]
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Jul
Jul
It is good practice for organisations to conduct a return to work interview following a period of long-term sickness absence. Keeping the interview objective, based on facts and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions is easily achievable with the right planning and preparation. Be organised, brainstorm from each perspective of the parties involved as […]