Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental Health in the Workplace

As a practicing GP I am already seeing the impact that the worsening cost of living crisis is having in our community. As an employer you are likely to see the effects on your workforce. Stress, anxiety and depression can affect any of your employees. Leading to poor performance disharmony in teams, increased sickness absence and an increase in staff turnover. A poll by Ciphr of over 1000 adults in the UK demonstrated that two in three people (68%) have felt stressed or overwhelmed at times during the last few months because of increases to their cost of living.  47% had

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HR in 2022

HR in 2022

HR in 2022 What’s coming for HR in 2022? Certainly a question most HR managers, business owners and other managers are thinking about right now. Especially so with news of the relaxed restrictions, which will most likely offer a different set of challenges to us all, e.g. following risk assessment, will you still need to impose isolation for positive cases? The Covid pandemic thrusted HR departments into the spotlight during 2020 and 2021. Those businesses with and without HR departments saw their HR and line manager roles’ workload increase considerably with lots of unneeded pressure and stress. We’re still seeing

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