Clear, simply written guidance on leading practice in HR and people management.

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Examines and explains the policies and practices used by high-performing organisations to engage their staff, deliver business objectives and outperform the competition.
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Supporting employee mental health: The business case

Enhanced by creating five separate guides on supporting employee mental health, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide discusses the business case for managing mental health at work and has been updated to include up-to-date research on the cost to employers of poor mental health.
Supporting employee mental health: The role of line managers

Leading practice guidance discussing the importance of employers providing comprehensive guidance and training to managers so that they can support their team's mental wellbeing effectively and with confidence.
Supporting employee mental health: Strategies and policies that support good mental health

Leading practice guidance discussing the strategies, policies and procedures employers can adopt to foster good mental health among employees.
Supporting employee mental health: What employers need to know about mental ill health

Leading practice guidance discussing the issues surrounding mental ill health that employers should understand before taking steps to deal with it.
Supporting employee mental health: Supporting candidates and employees with poor mental health

Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can support job candidates and employees who are experiencing poor mental health, including making timely referrals to specialist help and facilitating a return to work where employees have been absent.
Flexible working: Making the business case

Updated to remove a reference to the requirement for employees to be in role for 26 weeks before being eligible to make a request for flexible working, due to statutory changes in force from 6 April 2024.
Flexible working: What strategy employers can adopt

Updated to reflect changes to the statutory right to request flexible working process in force from 6 April 2024, and the impact on strategies leading employers can adopt.
Supporting carers: Identifying carers and their support needs

Updated to include examples of leading practice employers that have adopted carer's passports to create a supportive working culture for carers.
Supporting carers: Information, advice and guidance

Updated to include a reference to Employers for Carer's benchmarking scheme, Carer Confident, to assist employers to build a supportive and inclusive workplace for carers.
Supporting carers: Flexible working and leave arrangements

Updated to include information on how leading practice employers can provide enhanced support to employees who are carers beyond their legal duties and promote the availability of carer's leave.

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New and updated

Supporting employee mental health: The business case

Supporting employee mental health: The role of line managers

Supporting employee mental health: Strategies and policies that support good mental health

Supporting employee mental health: What employers need to know about mental ill health

Supporting employee mental health: Supporting candidates and employees with poor mental health

Flexible working: Making the business case

Flexible working: What strategy employers can adopt

Supporting carers: Identifying carers and their support needs

Supporting carers: Information, advice and guidance

Supporting carers: Flexible working and leave arrangements

XpertHR’s leading practice guides: The complete list

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