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employmentFree health adviceline for small businessesThursday, March 11th, 2010In order to improve health through work, the Government is supporting a free health advice line. This line provides small business managers with expert advice and guidance to support team members experiencing ill health. It is currently being piloted in West London and from 1 April 2010 will be extended across the whole of London and the UK, providing professional support to companies with fewer than 250 employees.
The adviceline can help with: MENTAL HEALTH FALLOUT: Stress of job loss can trigger wide range of reactions, from anxiety to depressionWednesday, March 10th, 2010Losing a job can be emotional, but those who are unemployed may face a host of anxiety-producing situations on top of being out of work. These include the frustration of not being able to find another job, having to pay the same number of bills with less income, losing identity and struggling to feel valuable, and dealing with the stigma of being unemployed — all of which can lead to serious mental issues. Mental health at work: new NHS Employers initiativeThursday, March 4th, 2010NHS Employers launched a national campaign today (3 March 2010) to end stigma against NHS workers suffering from mental ill health. The campaign, ‘Open your Mind’, will also work to improve employment rates for those with mental health conditions and help NHS trusts create better working environments for all staff. Nick Martindale looks at the initiative, and why it was needed. Employment Co-ordinator Position at HounslowTuesday, March 2nd, 2010Heightened anxietyMonday, March 1st, 2010If you still have a job, you’re lucky indeed. But sometimes it just doesn’t feel that way. Survivor guilt has been replaced by survivor stress. Early in this recession it was not unusual for people to feel a twinge of remorse when co-workers were laid off and they weren’t. But two years of layoffs, buyouts, furloughs and general downsizing have taken their toll on the employees left standing. Help for mental health patients to get back into workThursday, February 18th, 2010A PILOT scheme to help people with mental health problems back into work has been launched. Back on Track is for anyone living in the city or Beeston with mental health conditions. Flexible working is good for health as well as family: reviewWednesday, February 17th, 2010Workers who have control over their working hours enjoy better health beacuse they are less stressed and get more rest, according to the review of ten research studies involving more than 16,000 people. Poor mental health ‘linked to unemployment’Wednesday, February 17th, 2010People who have psychological problems are more likely to be unemployed, a new report has suggested. Post-Recession, the Search for Quality of Life BeginsTuesday, February 2nd, 2010Last October the UK economy was expected to have grown once again, and the recession therefore to be called to an end, but it’s taken yet another three months for the economy to actually “recover”, with 0.1% growth in the last quarter. |
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