2.4 Employee Wellbeing Flashcards
The importance and impact of employee wellbeing and resilience in organisations
How can employees improve their resilience?
unstanding their triggers of stress and working how to manage them
improving fitness and eating healthily
exploring different ways of thinking and coping strategies e.g mindfulness can help judgement and decison making
strong support network in the workplace
How can organisations ensure that the workplace culture is postive for all?
- Encouraging management commitment to mental health
- encouraging invididuals to take part in well being initiatives
- ensuring postive enviroment, natural light,plants,standing desks
- areas for employees to relax
- flexiable working patterns
- fitness and excerise programmes
- private healthcare/reduced gym membership fees
What strategies could an individual use at work?
- knowing its okay to say no
- taking regular breaks
- not taking work home
- setting realistic deadlines
- limiting extra hours they work
- taking all their holiday entitlement
- being aware of their rights and responsibilities
What are the wellbeing initiatives?
The metal health at work commitment allows support by offering resrouces tools advice and recommendations
Employee Assistance
Employee Assistance
Free and confidential inclduing a mental health first aider.Employees can access counselling and advice these provisons can increase staff retention
Advantages
- improve employee performance
- reduce absence
- make business more efficient
- reduce staff turnover
- improve reputation
- attract more job applicants
Disadvantages
- Cost the business
- staff need to be trained
- confidentiality
- tax/benefit issues
Benefits for employees in schemes
- varitey within work
- increased motivation
- unlimited access
- improved/supported mental health
