The registration deadline for fully funded occupational health and wellbeing training for facilities management line managers is fast approaching, with only one week left to secure your free place. Those who are interested need to: Register for and start the ...
Read More »Cleaning staff face significant stress and physical health challenges in the workplace, finds survey
An overwhelming majority of cleaning staff face physical (90 per cent) and mental health (80 per cent) challenges as a result of their jobs, according to the findings of a new Tork survey. Cleaning staff are essential to public health ...
Read More »Two-thirds of organisations not formally assessing workplace stress despite HSE scrutiny
According to new data from employment law, HR and health and safety specialists, WorkNest, UK businesses are overlooking a key health and safety risk despite increasing regulatory focus on workplace mental health. The research found that only 18 per cent ...
Read More »SME FM suppliers to benefit from government-funded occupational health and wellbeing training
Fully funded occupational health and wellbeing training for facilities management line managers is nearing its registration deadline. With 125,000 suppliers in the UK facilities management sector, 93 per cent of which are SMEs with a turnover of under £1m (ONS/IWFM ...
Read More »Majority of employees experience mental health symptoms yet many are delaying seeking help
UK organisations are caught in a mental health crisis with 81 per cent of workers experiencing mental health symptoms – including stress, anxiety, depression, burnout and loneliness – in the past 12 months. This is according to a new survey ...
Read More »Beating the blues: free occupational health and wellbeing training for SMEs
International Workplace is equipping small businesses with the tools to champion mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. ‘Blue Monday’ – the third Monday in January each year – is often cited as the most challenging day of the year ...
Read More »Taking a proactive approach to mental health in the workplace
In a panel session at Facilities & Estates Management Live on mental health at work, Sabrina Stubbs, Account Director at Magenta Associates was joined by Hannah Locket, Head of Nutrition at Elior UK, Oliver Hall, National Chair of the ...
Read More »Workplace stress fuels shift in employee expectations around health support
As workplace stress continues to rise, British workers want their employers to do more to boost their physical and mental wellbeing, according to new data from international recruitment firm, Robert Half. The firm’s latest Salary Guide – which reveals skills ...
Read More »World Mental Health Day: The current state of workplace wellbeing
A new report from workplace benefits platform, Heka, uncovers the hard-hitting truths about the state of workplace wellbeing – or lack thereof. While employees are battling mounting financial pressures, mental health struggles, and spiralling burnout, tick-box workplace benefits no longer ...
Read More »UK employees want more wellbeing support from employers
Just over half (51 per cent) of part-time and full-time workers in the UK feel their employers provide support, resources or initiatives that improve their wellbeing. This is according to a new study by flexible workspace operator, infinitSpace, who commissioned an ...
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