How financial stress can have negative effects on employees and their work
Financial issues can have a major impact, causing a lot of stress, and can develop into more serious health issues such as burnout and other physical manifestations like headaches and nausea...
Winter Wellbeing: how to stay physically and mentally healthy this winter
UKIM’s Lead Occupational Health Advisor, Laura Sharp, shares her tips on how to stay healthy this winter...
Neurodiversity and Burnout in the workplace
Research shows that neurodivergent people are more likely to often experience burnout. We’ve discussed burnout previously and how it’s something that anyone can suffer from...
The Troubling Culture of Overworking
In the last few years, overworking and going above and beyond seems to have become glorified and seen as an acceptable lifestyle. Never switching-off and always being on-call seems to be the new norm...
Wellbeing support is becoming a key benefit for employees
Employees want more - and are now turning to their employers for mental health support. We look at how having a wellbeing programme in place as a benefit...
The importance of good work-life balance
Maintaining a good balance between work and home can be difficult, and here we look at the importance of switching off from work and the positive effect...
Employee requests for stress management support are on the increase
With employees now more likely to ask their employer for help with managing work related stress, we urge employers to give consideration to this to ensure...
Why You Should Move More!
UKIM's Neuro-inclusive Psychotherapist Natalie Holmes shares her tips on moving more this summer and perhaps channel your inner-Olympian or Euro football...
Burnout - is it on your radar?
Burnout is more than just being tired of work. We look at why employers should consider this as something that can affect workplace productivity and how...
The Impact of Wellbeing Policies
Monitoring health and wellbeing of employees helps to keep them safe and happy. This increases productivity, as well as reduce the number of absences and long-term sickness. It’s evident that good morale and team dynamics creates a better momentum and having staff be present at work, both physically and mentally, supports efficiency and also makes a positive return on investment (ROI).
Step Up Wellbeing for Improved Workplace Performance
Wellbeing is a very broad term, and it can have many aspects. They key aspects are physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing, and if one aspect is neglected, then it can impact the other. Find out how to improve mental wellbeing here...
Boost staff morale with practical mental wellbeing strategies
With a mentally healthy workforce seeing increasing importance on the corporate agenda, UKIM's Lead Psychologist, Dr Kayode shares his workplace wellbeing tips
Demand for Mental Health Support Expected to Rise
Research shows that 41% of HR professionals are expecting to see an increase in demand for mental health support from employees. This is to be expected after evidence shows a decline in people’s mental health, staff feedback and cultural changes in society...
Have you considered an Employee Wellbeing MOT?
Is your workforce productive? Are you experiencing Absenteeism, or even Presenteeism? If you're not sure on the answers to the above, then maybe you should consider introducing health improvement support in your workplace by implementing a structured Employee Wellbeing strategy.
8 Ways to improve your Employee Wellbeing
Improving the overall Workplace Wellbeing for employees should be on every business agenda in 2023. A recent independent review as detailed on gov.uk has detailed that being at work is better for your mental & physical health and wellbeing as opposed to being out of work
Why Employee Wellbeing should be your No.1 priority.
Implementing an effective Employee Wellbeing strategy should be the number 1 priority for every business.Without an effective, productive and engaged workforce, your business could suffer. With reported losses of over £700bn due to employee sickness, illness-related underperformance and disengagement - businesses need to make a change.
What’s your Employee Wellbeing Strategy?
Businesses have seen an increase in employee productivity with home-based employees achieving a good work-life balance. However, it's important not to forget about the negative aspects of remote working, which can impact mental health and can lead to the development of Presenteeism.
What is Employee Wellbeing?
Employee Wellbeing is the general wellness and wellbeing of your employees, be it the physical, mental or social factors that contribute to their overall wellbeing.
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