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How can you improve mental health in the workplace?

The issue of mental health isn’t a new one, but it’s an issue that has started to be taken more seriously over the last few decades. When you see some…

Blog | Wednesday, May 3, 2017

The unworkable culture of ‘busyness’

Once upon a time, status symbols included taking long holidays, lazy days by the pool and getting away from it all. Now, like a Brothers Grimm fairy t…

Blog | Thursday, Nov 9, 2017

6 easy ways to boost employee wellbeing in your workplace

One in four of us will be affected by mental health at some point in our lives, so we all need to do what we can to help each other through the tough…

Blog | Thursday, Oct 10, 2019

Working with The Health Insurance Group

At BrightHR we understand the importance of people to a business, as without the hard work and dedication of your employees your business can only go…

Blog | Monday, Oct 16, 2017

Four-day working week: Is it too good to be true?

Fancy giving your staff an extra day off each week? Don’t shake your head just yet… A number of businesses have made the switch to a four-day working…

Blog | Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019

6 ways to support stressed out staff

Over the past year, 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed that they’ve been overwhelmed or unable to cope, according to the Mental Health Foundation.…

Blog | Monday, Feb 11, 2019

Health and safety

However, those who take the topic lightly are usually yet to experience a workplace accident themselves. “When anyone asks me how I can best describe…

Articles | Monday, Aug 15, 2016

Employee assistance programmes

Modern businesses often look to support their workforce with confidential advice and counselling services. With an EAP system, the aim is to help a s…

Articles | Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019

Eap benefits

An EAP programme offers support to staff struggling with personal or work-related problems. Previously, we looked at employee assistance programmes i…

Articles | Thursday, Oct 10, 2019

Healthy staff = a healthy business

Compared to 100 years ago our workplace activity levels have decreased. Instead of moving around the workplace we now seem to be tied to a desk or s…

Blog | Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Health

The quality of their physical health and psychological wellbeing is key to a happy, high performing workforce. Not only that, poor health can have a h…

Articles | Monday, Dec 14, 2015

Unfair treatment at work

What is unfair treatment? Treating someone in your staff unfairly because of who they are is discrimination. It can lead to them feeling upset, shamed…

Articles | Friday, Jun 22, 2018

Advantages and disadvantages of the Bradford Factor

I've never heard of the Bradford Factor, what is it?   Okay here's a quick recap—but feel free to check out our full BrightBase guide on the Bradfacto…

Articles | Monday, Jul 30, 2018

Why are you working so hard? Is it time to start working lazy?

With every technological breakthrough comes the promise of increased efficiency and a potentially easier life. What used to take days or even months c…

Blog | Tuesday, Aug 22, 2017

How to tell if your employees are close to burnout

Are your employees stressed out? Well, they’re not alone… Because 595,000 UK workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety last ye…

Blog | Thursday, Jun 20, 2019

Long term sickness

The first step is to establish a clear and precise criteria for long term sickness — which isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. The definition of lo…

Articles | Monday, Dec 14, 2015

Occupational stress

Aside from being very unpleasant, it can cause knock-on effects within your business which include: absenteeism and increased sick leave negative imp…

Articles | Monday, Dec 14, 2015

How your business can prevent and manage short term staff absence

Everyone gets ill from time to time. But whilst it may seem like a minor inconvenience, according to the CIPD the average UK employee takes 6.3 days s…

Blog | Monday, Feb 20, 2017

The impact of noise in the workplace

Detailed research carried out by Ipsos and Steelcase found that a staggering 85% of employees are currently unhappy with their work environment and fi…

Blog | Monday, Jul 31, 2017

Stressing Enough: How to keep pressure positive

And when you consider the impact on individual mental health and team performance when those stressed out people actually turned up for work, the true…

Blog | Wednesday, Jul 13, 2016

Presenteeism

There’s a new-fangled practice in the business world. It’s “presenteeism” and some employees, and potentially even business owners, think it’s a great…

Articles | Friday, Mar 29, 2019

Why is emotional intelligence important in the workplace?

In the modern business world, there’s a greater emphasis on good mental health than in any other previous generations. For the first time, employers o…

Articles | Monday, Mar 11, 2019

Disability discrimination with examples

It is against the law to discriminate against a disabled employee in the workplace. But what is disability discrimination? And what are the different…

Articles | Tuesday, Mar 6, 2018

Hazards

Within most small to medium-sized businesses, the responsibility of health & safety management is usually coordinated in-house and this might be b…

Articles | Monday, Dec 14, 2015

How to support staff on long-term sick leave whilst protecting your business

Most unplanned leave comes in the form of short-term sickness, with employees returning after a few days. Sometimes, however, absence can be longer te…

Blog | Monday, Mar 20, 2017

7 reasons your employees are taking sick days and how you can stop it

We’ve got the insight into why absences are occurring, and how to make your employees think twice about pulling that sickie. 1. They’re going for a j…

Blog | Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The issue of presenteeism

As an Absence Management Software company, we know that it is essential for companies to monitor employee attendance. Not only does it allow you to un…

Blog | Thursday, Nov 3, 2016

Workplace affairs

When two employees engage in a romantic relationship of any kind, it's a workplace affair. This includes extramarital affairs in the workplace. A litt…

Articles | Thursday, Aug 30, 2018

Gender equality

Despite decades of progressive efforts, there’s still a great deal of inequality in workplaces across the country. In recent years, the government, e…

Articles | Thursday, Feb 25, 2016

7 quick and effective ways to relieve stress at work

Mental health issues such as stress and anxiety are among the main reasons for work absence.Got a weekly to-do list that seems to get longer, not shor…

Blog | Tuesday, Mar 27, 2018

Men's Health Week - what can employers do to help?

The 12th of June 2017 marks the start of International Men’s Health week and whilst everybody’s health is important the statistics regarding Men’s hea…

Blog | Friday, Jun 9, 2017

Six ways of combating stress at work

According to the latest figures from the CIPD, 47% of short-term absence and 53% of long-term absences are due to stress. Surprising? The stats get ev…

Blog | Monday, Feb 6, 2017