Workplace Wellbeing
For so long too many people have associated the workplace with drudgery. A place to work. However, work is part of our lives! It should be vibrant and energizing. More organizations see this and want to enhance workplace wellbeing… for business motives if nothing else.
Cold mornings and dark nights can take their toll on the UK’s workforce, and with the long, distant wait until pay day, it’s no wonder in January we were faced with Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year. Blue Monday, the day when we’re all most likely to be miserable thanks to post-Christmas credit card bills, bad weather, failing our new year’s resolutions and a lack of motivation at work.
Mental health issues, including financial stress, depression and even SADs (seasonal effective disorder) are just some examples of problems employees may already be coping with even before the credit card bill lands.
Act now to stop your team’s productivity taking a nose dive
According to the latest ONS figures, mental health issues (including stress, depression and anxiety) resulted in 15.8 million working days lost in 2016*.
Due to the depressing nature of January, employers may well see an increase in employee turnover and absence or presenteeism – and the productivity of the workforce could see a marked decrease in the first few months of the year.
Fortunately, promoting the wellbeing of staff doesn’t need to cost a fortune and there are many things you can introduce that will make a big difference to workforce wellbeing….
Source: January blues? How workplace wellbeing initiatives can beat the blues – HR News
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