By partnering with employees, employers can adopt a positive, preventative, and proactive approach to supporting sleep and recovery. This toolkit by Business in the Community UK provides information, tools, practical steps employers can use to help boost employee energy.
This one hour-long webinar by Anxiety and Depression Association of America presents tools and techniques to get (and stay) motivated, manage stress and burnout.
This webinar by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America describes the nature of anxiety and various ways in which anxiety can be addressed. It provides an overview of mindfulness, the various ways it can be practiced, and how mindfulness can be of benefit to those with anxiety.
The survey by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health helps you assess and develop workplace practices for promoting exercise, physical activity and recovery of the employees. It is aimed at managers, supervisors, HR, occupational health care, occupational safety and health and personnel representatives. You should fill in the survey as a team, but it can also be filled in individually.
A healthy work-life balance varies for each person and isn’t about equally dividing time between work and leisure. On this page by Mental Health Foundation UK, you can read about signs of unhealthy work-life balance, self -help, and the role of leaders in workplaces in encouraging good work-life balance.
The Recovery Calculator by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health can be used to evaluate working conditions from the perspective of recovery and helps to understand challenges related to recovery. It guides you in identifying and solving challenges that are critical for recovery and proposes method cards, which your organisation can use to identify and implement operational models that promote recovery. The survey should be answered as a team that includes representatives of management, HR and occupational safety and health as well as personnel.
The Workload Assessment Tool by the Finnish Centre for Occupational Safety helps you identify the balance between your workload and resource factors, assisting you with taking appropriate measures. The assessment can be done either individually or together with an employer’s representative.
This survey tool by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health provides a workshop guide and step-by-step questions meant to help identify the cognitive work stress factors in work community. It aims to increase understanding on what kinds of factors impede the smooth flow of work and cause unnecessary stress in the work community.
Are you working from home? This article by Hays provides 10 tips from human resource specialists to prevent working longer hours when working remotely.
Human resources professionals can assist remote teams by identifying common communication problems, implementing preventive strategies, and addressing issues as they arise. This article by Human Resources Director US outlines seven effective strategies that HR personnel can use to help remote workers navigate communication challenges.
Overtime work can kill any productivity that may be left after an 8-hour working day. This video by DeskTime Time Tracking provides facts about working overtime and includes remedies for dealing with overtime work.
This article from Indeed helps you assess whether staying late to work overtime is the right choice. It highlights common scenarios where overtime may be necessary and offers practical tips to manage extended shifts, making them more manageable and less stressful.
Is working overtime good? Not always! This video from Office Survival Guide debunks common workplace myths about working overtime. Discover when overtime makes sense and when it’s best to stick to regular hours and head home!
Working longer hours = getting more done is a common belief among workers. This video from DeskTime Time Tracking dives right into myth-busting beliefs related to overtime and explains if working extra hours is a good idea both from the scientific and practical perspectives.
The number of people working long hours is increasing, and currently stands at 9% of the total population globally. This article from World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation gives you an overview of health risks associated with overtime work.
In this video by The Telegraph, you can tips from a relationship expert and psychologist to help you successfully manage your workload, with planning tips and techniques to get your decision-making right from the offset.