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03 July 2018
Personal Relationships Biggest Cause Of Employee Distress
Distress linked to the state of their personal relationships caused more employees to lift up the phone and contact us for emotional support than any other issue in the year to March 2018. In total, over a quarter of all calls (28.6%) were linked to family arguments and the breakdown of personal relationships. Making this the biggest cause of employee concern, slightly ahead of mental health issues, which was the primary concern for 27.9% of callers. The data highlights the extent to which employees crave and want positive relationships, but struggle to achieve this. So for any employer keen to boost emotional wellbeing across their workplace, helping people to avoid family arguments and keep their relationships stable is now every bit as important as mental health education. But where should you start when it comes to supporting them?
15 June 2018
Have all your employees recovered from giving birth?
Every year, around 20,000 women go through a traumatic birth experience that has lasting implications not only for their physical and mental health, but also their ability to function at work. Althou…
11 May 2018
Use Triage To Help Crack Mental Health Issues
This month we are delighted to have our thinking on the importance of nipping mental health issues in the bud profiled as the lead story in Occupational Health & Wellbeing magazine. The editor, Nic P…
06 April 2018
The Secret To Keeping Stress Levels Positive
It might sound like a contradiction in terms to use the words ‘stress’ and ‘positive’ in the same sentence. Surely there’s nothing good about feeling stressed? Shouldn’t we be trying to avoid getting …
06 March 2018
Are your employees getting enough sleep?
Sleep deprivation is now estimated to cost the UK economy £37bn a year, with employees who get less than six hours sleep a night generating twice as much absenteeism and presenteeism as their well res…