Category: Employee Wellbeing

BHS: giving business a bad name?

Last evening, in his first interview, Dominic Chappell told BBC’s Newsnight that he apologised “sincerely and utterly” to the 11,000 staff of to the failed High Street retailer BHS. HR180’s MD and founder, Claire Morley-Jones, shares her feelings… And so, here we are again… business is now, once again, a ‘dirty’ word after the latest […]

September 19, 2016

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Does mindfulness at work carry a legal risk?

Hannah Ford, 15 April 2016 Employers could create more stresses than they alleviate, and they may even be open to claims, writes employment lawyer Hannah Ford. It seems you can’t go a day without another headline about workplace stress. Employers lost 9.9 million working days to work-related stress, depression and anxiety in 2014-15, according to […]

September 19, 2016

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Managing employee performance when levels of Leaveism increase

Current research into Leaveism is in the earliest of stages but it is important that employers are aware of its causes and impact on employee wellbeing and how to manage it. What is Leaveism? Most employers are aware of the terms absenteeism and presenteeism in relation to workers within an organisation. However a new behaviour […]

September 19, 2016

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Britain’s Healthiest Workplace 2016

UK employers are failing to adequately invest in the health and wellbeing of their employees, which is costing the UK economy £57bn a year in lost productivity. This is why Britain’s Healthiest Workplace is important. Britain’s Healthiest Workplace is the UK’s most comprehensive workplace wellness study. It is a dual survey completed by both employer […]

September 19, 2016

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Checking your emotional pulse

By Rachel Suff, February 2016 Manage your emotional culture, Sigal Barsade and Olivia A.O’Neill, Harvard Business Review Companies often put a lot of effort into fostering their desired organisational culture but typically fail to grasp the crucial role that emotions play in building the right culture. Instead, they tend to focus on ‘cognitive culture’, such […]

September 19, 2016

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Single and happy!

It’s that time of the year again and all those loved up couples, talking about what gifts they have for their partners and what they plan on doing on Sunday to celebrate Valentine’s Day.  As I sit here I feel lucky that again this year I don’t need to worry about that last minute gift […]

September 19, 2016

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That 3 o’clock feeling…

Do you get that 3 o’clock feeling? Whilst I’m sat here looking at the dark gloomy winter weather outside the office I’ve coming to the realisation I have been sat here for 10 minutes staring into the abyss. It makes me wonder what we do as HR professionals to combat the ups and downs of […]

September 19, 2016

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Wellbeing programmes

Wellness and wellbeing programmes are currently hot topics with more companies looking at what they can do to help keep their employees healthy and more engaged whilst reducing absenteeism rates. However, the question is are they a fad or can they actually help your business? We all come to work to enjoy what we do, […]

September 19, 2016

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National Stress Awareness Day 4 November

  National Stress Awareness Day (NSAD) 4 November – Why not do something for your employees? The purpose of the day is to encourage businesses and individuals to take positive steps in order to reduce stress –  hopefully the benefits will be measured in terms of improved productivity and  job satisfaction as well as reducing sickness […]

September 19, 2016

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Majority of leaders fail to recognise duty of care for staff health

PM Editorial,  11 August 2015 Study finds employer attitudes shift away from accepting responsibility for employee well-being More than half of leaders and heads of HR do not believe that their organsiation has a duty of care to protect employee health, a study has found. The research, conducted by leadership development specialist Morgan Redwood, showed that […]

September 19, 2016

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