Employers can offer counselling, for example through an employee assistance programme (EAP), to help employees with mental health problems such as stress or depression, or to help employees with personal problems or addictions.
Rehabilitation measures after long-term sickness absence might include access to counselling during working hours.
Nearly three-quarters of workers (72%) who had to take time off for illness last year but were also working for...
Having a bereavement policy in place needs to be just the first step for employers when it comes to supporting...
The economy could be boosted by more than 65 million working hours each year if employee assistance programmes (EAPs) were...
A third of workers aged 55 and over (32%) have taken time off sick with poor mental health, with older...
Access to flexible working, paid ‘wellness days’, and health insurance or physical wellness programmes are employees' top priorities.
Workplaces are being urged to revisit and refresh their first aid practices and approaches as UK plc reopens for business...
Occupational health can be a pivotal resource employers look to for help and guidance when responding to the death of...
After an employee or colleague is bereaved, there can often be an assumption they will need access to bereavement counselling....
A host of major UK employers have signed up to an initiative to support their staff going through divorce.
Businesses...
The fallout from the pandemic has continued to fuel demand for mental health support, including counselling, a survey has found.
Providers of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are reporting significant rises in calls as they support workers based in Ukraine and surrounding states.
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...
Thousands of women will go through a frightening or traumatic birth, the effects of which will continue to impact on...
Schemes such as free fruit in offices, bicycle loans, support for ill employees and counselling should be the new norm...
