Many employers might be looking at ways to improve their employees’ mental health and wellbeing for Mental Health Awareness Week this week (13-19 May). For those with responsibility for the mental health and wellbeing of employees, it might be tempting to view employee mental health as something that can be definitively improved or ‘fixed’. Especially…
We’ve just had Occupational Health Awareness Week (18-24 September). This was, quite rightly, a time to stress the importance of employers having a good occupational health function in place. You might have seen some of our advice for employers released to mark the week. It comes back to a vital point: occupational health can play…
This week is Occupational Health Awareness Week and to mark it, we want to support employers to start a discussion about their use of occupational health for their workforce. Back in June, we published The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023, sponsored by Microlink, which included feedback from managers and employees with disabilities and long-term…
There is a great urban legend about the moment the BBC resumed normal television programming in 1946, after the Second World War. Just before picking up precisely where the channel had left off in 1939, the announcer said: “As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted…” Is it just a legend? Sadly, yes….
Hybrid and remote working seem to be here to stay. HSBC is a notable recent example of an employer acknowledging hybrid working as a factor in their choice of office space. Meanwhile, statistics quoted by the Guardian suggest workers in Central London are typically spending 2.3 days a week in the office on average –…
In theory, the disability passport could be a major time-saver and problem-solver for many employees. Serving both to identify adjustments an employee might need and to record adjustments that have already been agreed, the disability passport should make it easier for employees with disabilities and long-term conditions to move into – and between – jobs….
Our hybrid Annual Conference Back to the Future – how should employers respond to ‘the new normal’?, sponsored by NatWest, took place on Wednesday 28 June 2023 and was attended by over 500 people. If you weren’t able to join us, here we share some of the highlights and key takeaways from the conference. Many…
“I didn’t identify as disabled as such during university,” a graduate told us during The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023, recalling the support and flexibility she had as a research student. “It’s only now in the workplace that I feel disabled.” This was an experience common to many disabled students reaching the end of…
Our annual conference Back to the future: How should employers respond to “the new normal”? sponsored by NatWest is on Wednesday 28 June. In the run up to the event, Oliver Holbourn, CEO of RBS International talks to BDF CEO Diane Lightfoot about what NatWest is doing to recruit and retain disabled graduates, how businesses…
The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023 results are in. And let us start by saying: we’ve got a lot to tell you, just as the research had a lot to tell us. Thanks to you – the 1,500 employees and 400 managers who shared their views with us, and those of you among our…
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