Alzheimer’s Society is calling for all businesses to create a dementia-friendly working environment and give staff with dementia and carers the opportunity to continue to play an active part in the workforce.
Category: Health and Wellbeing
North East is home to Britain’s least healthy employees
The North East of England is home to the UK’s least healthy employees according to an initiative from health insurer VitalityHealth.
Anxiety & depression in the workplace – is it always a disability?
Anxiety and depression can be hugely debilitating afflictions, and affect more people in the UK than you might think. It’s a tricky issue in the workplace, and one that even public health services have struggled with bringing to national attention – but what about employers?
Working long hours makes us drink more
After a busy day at work, perhaps you head down to the pub to have a pint with your flatmates. Or maybe it’s an evening of sake and karaoke with the boss.
How to be more resilient when things get tough
The choices we make every day determine how resilient we can be when things go wrong. Discover the secret to thriving in challenging times.
It’s easy to get stressed about stress!
Stress is all around us and how we deal with it is a very personal thing. But there are strategies we can put in place to help ourselves and our employees tackle stress in your workplace, according to Andrew Kinder, Chair of the UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association
7 habits of people with remarkable mental toughness
You don’t have to be born mentally tough. Here’s how you can develop the vital trait.
Caring for carers
In this article Libby Payne, clinical director of employee assistance experts, CiC considers some of the practical strategies you can adopt to support carers and ensure they’re ready to take on the challenging roles at home and at work that they’re required to do.
Treating obesity as a disability: what recent ruling means for UK employers
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice found that obesity could constitute a disability in certain circumstances where an individual’s weight hindered their “full and effective participation” in the workplace.
