Occupational health and wellbeing

New and updated

• Coming soon to XpertHR

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming New model contract clause on post-termination restrictions.

• Financial wellbeing

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to include a case study about how one organisation introduced a workplace ISA to help its employees get on the housing ladder.

• How OVO Energy launched a workplace ISA to help its employees get on the housing ladder

  Date:

  16 December 2019

  Type:

  Case studies

  OVO Energy talks to XpertHR about its approach to financial wellbeing and how it is helping its young workforce to save the money they need to buy their first house.

• Webinar: Financial wellbeing

  Date:

  7 November 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  In this webinar, employee benefits and pensions consultant Maggie Williams demystifies financial wellbeing.

• Two-thirds don't want to talk about money issues at work

  Date:

  6 November 2019

  Type:

  News

  Two-thirds of employees do not feel comfortable talking about their finances at work, despite a fifth struggling to make ends meet.

• How BBA Aviation is supporting good mental health across its UK operation

  Date:

  28 October 2019

  Type:

  Case studies

  BBA Aviation talks to XpertHR about introducing an improved employee assistance scheme, appointing a network of trained mental health first-aiders, and training line managers to speak to their team if they spot signs of a mental health problem.

• Blanket out-of-hours email bans do more harm than good

  Date:

  21 October 2019

  Type:

  News

  Banning staff from accessing emails outside office hours could harm their wellbeing rather than improve work-life balance, a study from the University of Sussex has claimed.

• Acas menopause guide encourages inclusive policies

  Date:

  18 October 2019

  Type:

  News

  Acas has published new guidance to help employers support the estimated two million women who have difficulties at work due to menopause symptoms.

• Menopause support in the police sector

  Date:

  31 July 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  We look at how the menopause can affect women working in the police sector and some of the initiatives that are being taken to support them.

• Managing mental health: XpertHR survey 2019

  Date:

  25 July 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR's survey explores the steps taken by employers to manage mental health in the workplace, the role of line managers and the emerging use of mental health first-aiders.