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Workplace wellness

The Importance of Employee Time Off

March 20, 2023

Via: HR Hero

It can be hard for managers when employees take vacations. Vacancies, even brief ones, impact productivity and require others in many cases to pick up the slack. Time off, though, is critical for employees and can have a positive impact […]


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7 Ways to Nurture Employee Well-Being

March 7, 2023

Via: SHRM

While mental and emotional well-being has come further out of the shadows during the last few years, it still has an outsized impact on people at home and work. According to findings from the 2022 Alight International Workforce and Well-Being […]


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Why Employee Wellbeing Should Be Your Top Priority in 2023

March 6, 2023

Via: HR Hero

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and employee wellbeing has been top of mind for everyone – and rightfully so. In today’s challenging and uncertain times, the mental health and wellbeing of employees has never been more important. According to […]


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Study: Progress still slow on employee access to mental health

February 28, 2023

Via: HR Dive

In 2023, U.S. employers have largely described mental health and emotional well-being as priorities for their benefits programs. In fact, mental health investment is one of a few reasons why industry analysts who previously spoke to HR expect benefits to […]


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Mental health first aid bill ‘could create negative consequences’

February 22, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

Last month Conservative MP Dean Russell presented a private members bill under parliament’s Ten Minute Rule, which proposed the introduction of a legal requirement for mental health first aid training in workplaces. It received a mixed response from employers and […]


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Will Employers Bring Masks Back to the Workplace?

February 6, 2023

Via: SHRM

Once the COVID-19 omicron wave died down after exploding during the 2021-22 holiday season, mask mandates quickly went by the wayside. Fewer mandates were seen in public places, cities and workplaces, and in April 2022, the U.S. stopped enforcing mask-wearing […]


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Face-to-face work still best for opening up about mental health

February 3, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

Despite the rise of remote and hybrid working since the pandemic, many employees still felt that being able to chat face-to-face with colleagues was one of the best ways to get help with their mental health, according to the poll. […]


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The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Wellness Programs

January 12, 2023

Via: HR Hero

Wellness. It can be such a convoluted word—one of those business-y buzzwords that means a thousand things to a thousand people. If you want your employees to be as successful as possible, wellness could very well be a part of […]


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EEOC: Company settles ADA suit over refusing remote work for employee at risk for COVID-19

January 3, 2023

Via: HR Dive

COVID-19 may have “forever changed” how teleworking is viewed as an accommodation under the ADA, but the ADA’s basic principles are still intact, an employee-side attorney noted during a November American Bar Association conference. It’s particularly important to keep that […]


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The Cost of Workplace Addiction

December 29, 2022

Via: HR Hero

Alcohol and drug use on the job takes place far more often than you may think. A decade ago, a national study found that 63% of workers said they could acquire alcohol at work, bring alcohol into work, use alcohol on their […]


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Getting Employees to Prioritize Their Health for a Better 2023

December 28, 2022

Via: HR Hero

In a climate of increasing inflation risk and waning COVID concerns, many Americans are finding themselves spending more time worrying about their financial health over their physical health. New research conducted by OnePoll for MDLIVE, an Evernorth company and leading […]


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Invest in hyper-personalized leave approach to boost employee wellness and retention

December 21, 2022

Via: HRD America

In our post-pandemic world, we are at a crossroads of redefining how we work and resetting of boundaries around the intersection of work and life. As a response to the current state of work culture, the Surgeon General recently published […]


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The unspoken crisis in men’s mental health — and how employers can help

December 16, 2022

Via: HR Dive

In October, a mental health program shared alarming survey results: Nearly half of the respondents — all of whom were men aged 18 or older — scored above the threshold for probable major depression. The study, conducted by HeadsUpGuys, a […]


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6 Steps to Help Employees Manage Stress Around the Holidays

December 13, 2022

Via: HR Hero

We’ve all been there. Deadlines are piling up at work, you have five holiday parties on the calendar, and you haven’t even thought about what to buy for the office gift exchange. The holidays are stressful, and a growing number […]


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Six employee wellbeing trends for 2023

December 7, 2022

Via: Personnel Today

Nuffield Health’s 2022 Healthier Nation Index study revealed one in three adults claims their mental health has got worse in the last year. The same statistic is also true of physical health, with a third of UK adults reporting a […]


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Mental health represented half of work-related illnesses last year

December 7, 2022

Via: Personnel Today

Mental illness accounted for 914,000 new or long-standing ill health cases last year, and was the most common category of work-related sickness, the HSE’s report says, accounting for 51% of cases. Industries with higher than average rates of work-related stress, […]


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How to Respond When an Employee Shares a Mental Health Challenge

November 28, 2022

Via: SHRM

The Covid-19 pandemic made us all vulnerable, and many of us are struggling to keep our mental health. In the U.S., the percentage of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder increased from 36.4% to 41.5% from […]


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5 Key Steps for Driving Successful Change in a Post-Pandemic Workplace

November 17, 2022

Via: HR Hero

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from studying our (almost) post-pandemic workplace is that people – employees and leaders, alike – are tired. Really tired. And, possibly approaching burnout. Among the many impacts of the pandemic is the escalation of […]


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Best practices for modern FMLA management

November 16, 2022

Via: HRD America

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been in the spotlight since the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed to help employees balance their work and family responsibilities, FMLA is primarily used for personal reasons, such as caregiving, bonding with a newborn, […]


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BC Court: Employee May Be Placed on Unpaid Leave for Violating COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

November 9, 2022

Via: SHRM

Although arbitrators in Canada have considered whether an employer in a unionized workplace can place an employee on unpaid leave for failing to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, the British Columbia Supreme Court in Parmar v. Tribe Management […]