Many employers offer an employee assistance programme (EAP) to staff. This is an employer-paid scheme that allows employees to contact an independent adviser on a confidential basis to discuss any issue that is troubling them, causing stress or interfering with effective job performance or attendance.
Employee benefits have already proven their worth during the Covid-19 pandemic, but Steve Herbert believes they’ll become more important to...
More than two-thirds of organisations have introduced new wellbeing benefits to support employees during the coronavirus pandemic, a poll by...
With this month (April) being the start of a new financial year, Paul Avis argues that now is a good...
Employers should be updating their policies and procedures to take account of the introduction of parental bereavement leave in April....
Emotional and financial wellbeing programmes are gaining impetus in terms of companies’ strategic focus.
Almost half (49%) of employers agree that poor mental health is the biggest health and wellbeing challenge they are facing,...
There is an “epidemic” of poor mental health among higher education staff, according to Freedom of Information requests gathered from...
Thousands of women will go through a frightening or traumatic birth, the effects of which will continue to impact on...
Packaging, environmental and waste management compliance business Comply Direct landed the Employee Benefits Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2018...
Schemes such as free fruit in offices, bicycle loans, support for ill employees and counselling should be the new norm...
People are more likely to turn up to work despite a mental health problem according to an annual survey of...
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) deliver return on investment according to data suggesting that employers can typically save more than £12...
Calls made to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) by workers seeking help for a mental health issue have risen by almost...
Just a third of businesses with staff who work abroad have a specific mental health policy in place, a survey...
Organisations with 250 or more staff are more likely to have a ‘significant’ absence issue than smaller businesses, with sickness...
