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Health and wellbeing

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  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Global employee wellbeing 2023: HR & Compliance Centre survey report

    A holistic approach to wellbeing can help to prevent employee burnout and boost retention, enabling an organisation to thrive. In this report, we explore differences between UK and US approaches to wellbeing, by discussing the aims and scope of wellbeing initiatives, as well as methods for designing and implementing wellbeing strategies.

  • Date:
    27 April 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Five steps to save yourself from burning out - help for struggling HR professionals

    According to a recent survey, 98 per cent of HR professionals said they had felt burned out in the past six months. In this episode we ask: What is burnout exactly? Why is it afflicting so many people working in HR? And - crucially - what can you do to keep burnout at bay?

  • Type:
    Training

    Creating a working environment for good mental health - line manager training

    Enhanced with the addition of a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Fertility treatment policy

    A model policy to set out any time off that your organisation grants to employees who are undergoing fertility treatment and explains the support available to them.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Cost of living: resource round-up

    A round-up of XpertHR resources on the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Date:
    4 January 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    2023 predictions for HR: From "quiet hiring" to help with healing

    Analyst company Gartner has issued its top 2023 predictions for HR leaders, and the appearance of hybrid working and expanding talent pools will come as no surprise.

  • Date:
    4 January 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The wellbeing challenges facing HR in 2023

    Many employees are seeing their bills rising, real pay falling, and their health worsening. Tina Woods, co-founder and CEO of Business for Health, outlines some of the employee wellbeing challenges HR needs to prepare for in 2023.

  • Date:
    27 October 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Blackouts: Your HR questions answered

    The National Grid has warned that the war in Ukraine combined with very cold weather could result in three-hour power cuts in January and February 2023. While such blackouts are unlikely, the ramification for businesses could be significant. We look at how HR professionals can help their organisations to prepare.

  • Date:
    18 October 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Financial wellbeing in a cost-of-living crisis

    Rhiannon Byers, head of workplace and community programmes at The Money Charity, provides powerful and practical insights on the importance and impact of financial wellbeing.

  • Date:
    7 September 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    "Quiet quitting": Five things for employers to think about

    The unique combination of the coronavirus pandemic, deteriorating economic conditions, rise in flexible working (particularly hybrid/remote working) and increased awareness of the importance of maintaining wellbeing/good mental health has seen the concept of "quiet quitting" gaining traction. What steps - if any - should employers take to tackle this phenomenon?