In our last post, we looked at the reasons for your employees becoming burned out, however, on the opposite end of the scale, it’s possible for them to suffer from another type of mental distress: boreout. Boreout, as it sounds, is when someone consistently feels bored and unstimulated at work. This chronic state of boredom, […]
One of the most common dangers to an employee’s mental health is becoming burnt out. Burnout is particularly dangerous because anyone can succumb to it in a relatively short amount of time. Burnout is a type of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that occurs when an employee overexerts themselves for a prolonged period, without adequate […]
Stress is one of the leading causes of sickness absence in the UK, often linked to a mental health condition. In fact, stress, anxiety, and depression were the cause of 51% of work-related illness in 2020. However, while most companies know it’s best to give someone space when they’re off with stress, businesses occasionally find […]
Absence has tremendous impact to smaller businesses and it becomes crucial to manage absence effectively. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, small companies are the massive sufferers from employees taking periods of short-term absence. It is reported that long-term absence can hold an expensive corner, creating huge problems. In 2020, a new study by […]
The pandemic has changed each one of us in a variety of ways, with one of the most apparent being the way it’s affected our health and wellbeing. Predominantly, the pandemic has brought our physical health into sharper focus. Collectively, we’ve never been more conscious of our physical health and signs of illness – in […]
When a member of their workforce is repeatedly absent without prior permission, they can be described as engaging in absenteeism. Although businesses have to contend with their staff missing work for a variety of reasons, the most challenging of these are unplanned absences and unexpected absences that they can’t control. Absenteeism, also known as workplace […]
With mental health issues becoming less and less stigmatised in society as a whole, employees are getting better at admitting when they feel overwhelmed and need some time off. In fact, it’s now estimated that stress is responsible for as much as 40% of all sickness absence from work. But how does stress leave work, […]
