Health & Wellbeing

Developing Inter-Organisational Networks and Improving Team Wellbeing

50% of employees have experienced at least one characteristic of burn out due to greater job demands in the last year. In this video, Jennifer Legg, Health and Wellbeing Officer for Waltham Forest shares how London Council have developed an inter-organisational wellbeing network to enact change and support employees with their mental wellbeing.

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Embedding Mental Health and Wellbeing into Workplace Cultures

1 in 4 workers will have mental health difficulty at any time. In this video, Andy Bell, Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health discusses workplace risk factors for mental health and shares how organisations can create support systems for employee mental health.

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Destigmatising Menopause in the Workplace to Create a More Supportive Organisational Culture

To date, more than 2,000 organisations have signed Wellbeing of Women’s Menopause Workplace Pledge. In this video, Jessica Easterbrook, Lead Consultant for Organisational Development at East Sussex County Council discusses the importance of employee data in developing menopause strategies. She further highlights the benefit and normalising talking about menopause in the workplace.

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Improving Staff Mental Wellbeing in Organisational Culture

Following the fall-out of Covid-19, wellbeing in the workplace is becoming increasingly important. In this video, Peter Kelly from Mates in Mind addresses the systemic change required within organisational culture to combat poor mental health amongst employees.

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Upholding Employment Laws and Legal Responsibilities to Hybrid Workers

9 in 10 employees consider flexible working to be a key motivator in their productivity at work. In this video, Georgia Roberts, an Associate in the Employment Team at Kingsley Napley discusses some of the recent changes to flexible working laws and advice to help organisations develop flexible working policies that support all employees.

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Taking a Whole Organisation Approach to Positive Wellbeing

Promoting positive wellbeing helps the development of working environments where employees thrive. Dr Sabrina Robinson, the Wellbeing Lead at Essex County Council discusses the benefits of a whole organisation approach to positive wellbeing and how employees have been empowered to make changes to help them focus on their personal wellbeing.

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Improving Menopause Support in the Workplace

6 in 10 people experiencing menopause said their symptoms had a negative impact on their work. Jacqui McBurnie, Founder of and Chair of the NHS England Menopause Network, discusses implementing inclusive menopause policies to support staff experiencing menopause.

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Navigating Change in the Workplace

In the recent People Professional Survey 2022, CIPD identified the priority for those building HR capabilities is change management skills. Heather Girling, Staff Wellbeing Manager at the University of Bath discusses how HR managers can improve their management of change in the workplace.

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Improving Workplace Support for those Experiencing the Menopause

6 in 10 people experiencing the menopause say their symptoms had a negative impact on their work. Jacqui McBurnie, Founder and Chair of the NHS Menopause Network discusses changes that need to be made in the workplace to support employees going through the menopause.

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Developing an organisation-wide Menopause Policy

1 in 3 employers do not feel equipped to support their employees going through the menopause, according to a recent survey from Acas. Keeley Mansell, Detective Constable, Nottinghamshire Police shares her experience with the menopause and how this helped shape the constabulary's menopause policy.

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Promoting Health and Wellbeing to Improve Workforce Productivity

The department for work and pensions estimates the economic cost of sickness absences to be over £100 billion a year. We heard from Nuzhat Ali of the Department of Health & Social Care about how promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace can build a more productive workforce and improve employee wellbeing

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Creating Inclusive Working Cultures to Help Employees Thrive

Employers need to ensure they have holistic frameworks in place to better support employees. Amy Low, Service Delivery Director at AbilityNet shares how improving workplace cultures can benefit both employee wellbeing and workforce productivity.

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