Categorised in: Employee Benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellbeing, Hive360 App
We’ve made our way into January and with it a new year and decade! And while many are excited, some are facing the hardest months of the year ahead. Mental health issues can be exacerbated at this time of the year for a number of reasons, and it is important that employers provide support to workers experiencing those problems.
But on the day to day of a busy office, it can be hard to identify issues like those, so it is key to understand the most common conditions and its triggers and symptoms:
A known condition that is related to this time of the year is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is triggered by the change of seasons, with shorter and darker days and colder weather and symptoms include:
In the UK, up to 6% of adults have ‘recurrent major depressive episodes with seasonal pattern’ – which means they experience symptoms so severe that these people are unable to work or function normally.
Ensuring employees feel supported if they are going through mental health challenges can boost engagement and loyalty to the company, enhancing staff retention (we have written about that on a previous blog post and on a whitepaper too), and here’s a few things you can do to help:
Through our Pay & Perks Mobile Portal, workers can access a 24/7 telephone counselling service and talk to certified professionals. The specialists can help them with a range of issues, from addiction to marital problems and more. The service is confidential and free of charge.
Tags: employee benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Welfare, Employee Wellbeing, Hive360 app, HR, Mental health, perks 
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