Our top tips on how to support employee wellbeing during COVID-19 and build a resilient workplace.
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Millennial carers: the hidden community
Millennials have often been dubbed the snowflake generation, but set aside anything you’ve heard about this group (who may, or may not, like to take photos of their avo’ for the ‘gram) and let’s consider a hidden section of their CV; their life as a carer. And an unpaid one at that. Let’s start from […]
Carers Week: a chat with Rebecca Minton
Rebecca Minton Cancer Nurse Specialist at Reframe, provides her take on the role of carers, the future of healthcare and why carers may be mourning for more than their loved one. Has the role of carers changed since Covid-19? Yes, for sure. They will need to be careful when going out to a supermarket, petrol […]
HR checklist
Guidance on how to support employees who are, or will become carers A carer can be anyone, of any age, who provides unpaid support to someone who is ill, disabled or frail. Most of us will not identify ourselves as a carer, when in fact 1 in 7 of us are providing care in some […]
Infographic: Employee health concerns at work
New research reveals an increase in employee health concerns at work The pandemic has led to an increase in employee concern about discussing mental health and long-term illness in the workplace. Lockdown is affecting people in many different ways and it’s incredibly worrying that employees feel they must hide their health concerns from their employer […]
Impact of caring on mental wellbeing
Lockdown, isolation and remote working are all factors impacting mental wellbeing at the moment. But what if you are also an unpaid carer? Since lockdown began, the number of people combatting feelings of loneliness has more than doubled to 24%, but just how far will this new dawn of pandemic and remote working affect the mental wellbeing […]
Dealing with bereavement at work
Talking about death is still an uncomfortable discussion, especially in the workplace. Read our article detailing how you can break this process down into steps and provide support for your employees. Bereavement. Passed away. Deceased. No longer with us. All of these are terms often used to refer to death and there’s a whole ream […]
A toolbox of ideas for supporting furloughed staff
An abundance of employees and employers are normalising to the recent furlough measures. Here are a few ways in which employers can support their furloughed staff through this time. Everyone you know – whether that’s on a professional or personal level – has been impacted. But for this instance, let’s focus on your furloughed employees. […]
Protecting mental wellbeing amidst Covid 19
Advice and tips for supporting your employees’ mental wellbeing during Coronavirus (COVID 19). For those who have been able to switch to remote working, you’re now approaching week 3 and are firmly in the normalising stage. It’s great that we don’t miss our daily commute anymore but it’s starting to feel like Groundhog Day. Yes, […]
Support for employees with critical illness: 3 tips for your business
In this time of overwhelming change and challenges, workplace support for vulnerable employees can sometimes be forgotten. Our team of health and wellbeing professionals have collated three tips to help you get them through Coronavirus (COVID 19). Coronavirus (COVID 19) is unlike anything we’ve known in our lifetime, shifting how we live and work for […]