Occupational health and wellbeing

New and updated

• Coming soon to XpertHR

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming Managing mental health in the workplace: XpertHR survey 2019 and associated benchmarking data.

• How to deal with employees on long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to include additional information on the risks of dismissing employees who are entitled to receive payments under a permanent health insurance scheme.

• Just one day of work per week benefits mental health

  Date:

  20 June 2019

  Type:

  News

  Work is good for your mental health, even if you only do one day a week, according to researchers from Cambridge and Salford universities

• Menopause policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model policy to inform managers and employees about the menopause and associated rights and to outline the training and support on offer for those experiencing menopausal symptoms.

• New example profile of a mental health first-aider

  Date:

  30 May 2019

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  XpertHR's Policies and documents tool has been enhanced with the addition of a sample profile of a mental health first-aider. The profile sets out the key skills required, tasks and responsibilities, and training requirements.

• Introduce and manage mental health first-aiders in your organisation

  Type:

  Tasks

• Example profile of a mental health first-aider

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model mental health first-aider's profile, which can be used when seeking volunteers to take up the position and to help the workforce to understand a mental health first-aider's role within the organisation.

• Letter to employees highlighting the role of mental health first-aiders within the organisation

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to explain to staff the role of mental health first-aiders within your organisation.

• Blurring of work and home life is the tip of the tech iceberg

  Date:

  13 May 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  New technology is often hailed as the UK's economic saviour. But have we appreciated AI's potential for radically altering workplace relationships and impacting our mental health, asks Acas's Adrian Wakeling.

• 'Alarming' levels of PTSD identified among police workforce

  Date:

  10 May 2019

  Type:

  News

  Almost a fifth of police officers experience symptoms of either post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or "Complex PTSD", with PTSD rates in law enforcement almost five-times higher than across the general population.