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.
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.
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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...
Counselling through an employee assistance programme (EAP) can provide real benefits in helping people to remain at work, a survey...
Counselling sessions offered to workers via employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can help to reduce absence levels and improve colleague relationships,...
Positive action will enable employers to provide preferential treatment during the hiring process, but is this a good thing? Jackie...
A review into sickness absence, announced today as part of the Government’s welfare reforms, has been welcomed by business groups.Personnel...
It is possible to manage redundancy sensitively – even for people absent because of illness – by considering basic principles...
At a time when financial pressures are affecting businesses, what can they do to protect employees from knock-on effects? Dr...
