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Improving workplace wellbeing – 6 recent resources & articles

In our latest round up of external resources and articles, we have focused on those offering facts, ideas and possible solutions regarding the role job quality, trust and support can play in improving workplace wellbeing for all.

3 resources to help improve workplace wellbeing

  1. Being well in a changing world
    The report of a joint research project by the British Safety Council and Institute for Occupational Medicine. With a backdrop of world change, UK lagging health outcomes, and economic issues seeming overwhelming for employers and employees alike, the study highlights the importance of a shared approach to supporting employee wellbeing. The research detected several key findings including the lack of a universally accepted definition of wellbeing. Five concise principal recommendations are made that the authors believe could create a better future. One that would benefit employers through unlocked productivity and increased profits, employees through better psychological and physiological health, and the wider economy through increased economic activity and growth.
  2. The Big Mental Health Report 2024
    Mind have released the 2024 edition of this annual report. They hope that by documenting information on mental health problems, stigma and discrimination along with people’s real-life experiences, a full and trusted depiction of the current state of mental health in England and Wales will emerge. The report highlights progress that has been made but emphasises areas that need further work to build a mentally healthy society. The aim is that their report provides the information for us all to understand what is and what isn’t working and use it to push for better.
  3. Stemming the tide: Healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity
    The Work Foundation at Lancaster University published this briefing in December. Their Director, Ben Harrison, said, “The UK government’s 'Get Britain Working' agenda focuses on supporting those who have fallen out of the labour market to return – but if we do not consider the factors that drive people to leave in the first place, we risk treating the symptoms rather than the cause.” The authors found that flexibility and a level of control over key parts of their work were vital for those with health conditions being able to remain at work. They found that the evidence also suggests that early action from employers to support workers who experience ill health can make a big difference to retaining them in the workplace; that managers can play a critical role in creating a positive and supportive psychosocial working environment but need support to do so. The report makes 9 recommendations divided between upstream, midstream and downstream actions.

 

3 thoughtful articles about improving workplace wellbeing

  1. Good work: what do we know about the quality of UK jobs?
    An article from the Economics Observatory which considers job quality. Discovering that although job quality is by many measures currently good, there are concerning trends appearing which could indicate a risk of employees feeling less happy and fulfilled at and by work.
  2. Emotion tracking tech in the workplace puts people’s wellbeing at risk 
    This article from Workplace Insight looks at the branch of artificial intelligence known as affective computing, and in particular the growing application in the workplace of Algorithmic Affect Management (AAM). It includes insights, risks and recommendations of a new report from the Institute for the Future of Work. Although marketed as a means of improving workplace efficiency, the authors highlight that the use of AI-powered technologies monitoring and interpreting employee’s emotions and behaviours require robust regulation and proactive design in order that their implementation is aligned with the principles of good work and to ensure workers’ rights and wellbeing are protected.
  3. Make hybrid work healthy work
    The author sets out with colleagues to investigate how organisations can proactively support the health and wellbeing of hybrid employees, their research found 5 actions that have an effect.

 

These improving workplace wellbeing resources and articles were included in our January 2025 e-newsletter.

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