July 2020
Performance Related Pay
Encouraging high performance levels at work can be difficult. One way employers can do this is through performance relat...Read more
Jul 31 2020
Do Whistleblowers Have Legal Protection?
Whistleblowing in the workplace occurs when an employee discloses certain wrongdoing within an organisation because they...Read more
Jul 24 2020
Physical wellbeing—mental health benefits
Studies have shown that there is a 20% - 30% lower risk of depression and dementia for adults participating in daily phy...Read more
Jul 24 2020
Dealing with change at work
The only constant in life is change. Sounds like a pithy sentiment, but it’s absolutely true—we can certainly rely on th...Read more
Jul 9 2020
June 2020
The importance of taking time and switching off to avoid burnout
2020, then. It’s a stressful year for everyone—it seemed to start pretty well, but then COVID-19 happened, and we find o...Read more
Jun 16 2020
April 2020
How much does an EAP Cost?
An employee assistance programme, or simply EAP, as it’s more commonly known, is an employee benefit programme designed ...Read more
Apr 27 2020
Managing remote workers
At time of writing, we’re a few weeks deep into a nationwide lockdown. Other than a subset of key workers, a great many ...Read more
Apr 22 2020
Supporting maternal mental health at work
According to recent reports, up to 1 in 5 women develop mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year aft...Read more
Apr 21 2020
March 2020
Does counselling help depression?
Counselling is a form of talk therapy with a professional therapist. It involves non-judgmental listening to issues an e...Read more
Mar 30 2020
Cognitive behavioural therapy for depression
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been proven effective as a form of talk therapy to help manage problems relating...Read more
Mar 23 2020
Mental health training for managers
Poor mental health at work is among the top reasons for staff absence in the UK. According to the National Institute for...Read more
Mar 16 2020
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
We’ve written extensively on the impacts of stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions to the workpl...Read more
Mar 9 2020
How to handle an employee off with work-related stress
When an employee experiences extreme levels of stress they might need to take some time off work to recover.
In previous...Read more
Mar 2 2020
February 2020
Mental health crisis
Managing a crisis can be a delicate and complicated affair.
When it occurs in the workplace, offering the right support...Read more
Feb 24 2020
Working with shingles
What is shingles?
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a non-life threatening viral infection.
The main symptoms of...Read more
Feb 21 2020
Debt Awareness Week - How can employers help?
According to the Office for National Statistics, the average UK household is in over £9,000 of debt.
While the Centr...Read more
Feb 21 2020
Supporting an employee with bipolar disorder
Research has suggested that as many as 5% of the UK population are on the bipolar spectrum and 1 in 100 people are diagn...Read more
Feb 20 2020
No Smoking Day
According to The World Health Organisation, tobacco kills up to half of its users.
Every year in March, we acknowledge N...Read more
Feb 13 2020
Mental health training for teachers
As part of the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey by the NHS, they found that up to 17% (one in six) of adults aged...Read more
Feb 10 2020
Employee Engagement
An effective employee engagement strategy can empower your organisation and your people. Engaged employees give life to ...Read more
Feb 6 2020
January 2020
Presenteeism at Work
At some point, all employees will encounter a mental or physical illness. And depending on the severity of it, they may ...Read more
Jan 30 2020
