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Is Flexibility Actually Making Work More Stressful?
Every April, during Stress Awareness Month, organizations reflect on how they can better support employee wellbeing. In recent years, workplace flexibility has been widely promoted as a key solution. Hybrid work, remote schedules, and adjustable hours have now become common practice across many industries. But as these policies have expanded, an important question has emerged: […]
Can Stress Be Used as a Force for Good in the Workplace?
Employers spend a lot of time creating and implementing strategies to help manage and mitigate stress in the workplace. After all, excessive stress can lead to health issues, lower productivity, and increase the risk of burnout. But not all stress is ‘bad stress’. Psychologists actually separate stress into two distinct categories: eustress and distress. While […]
Suicide: What every employer needs to know
The World Health Organization estimates that in a company of 1,000 employees, 200-300 workers will suffer from a serious mental health problem in any given year, one worker will die by suicide every ten years, and for every employee who dies by suicide, another 10-20 will make a suicide attempt. When we look more closely […]
What Employers Need to Know About Supporting Bereaved Parents
Supporting an employee through grief is always difficult; we all grieve differently. But it can feel particularly daunting to support the aching grief of a recently bereaved parent. It’s important for employers to consider that a parent’s journey with their bereavement doesn’t always begin post-mortem. For parents who lose their children to illness, this process […]