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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

Allwork

There are barriers for specific minority groups to access mental health support in the workplace. Personalized mental health support is a solution to improving mental health outcomes at work, but this requires training, understanding, and insight into individual needs. According to Mental Health U.K., In the U.K.,

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Will The Future Of Work Require Mandatory Time Off?

Allwork

From benefit packages to company policies, required time off through financial incentivization is not a new practice, but it could become a new normal. Some companies are already doing this through benefit packages or company policies that require a certain number of days off per year. or could other countries be adapting this as well?

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Feel Guilty for Taking a Sick Day? You’re Not Alone, but It Shouldn’t Be the Norm

Success

Yet, we still roll out of bed and show up much of the time, although 84% reported in the same Softworks survey that employees shouldn’t work when sick. As an essential worker, despite constantly advising patients to stay home when sick and rest, our seemingly health-centric field always falls short of looking out for their own.

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Curtail zero hour contracts and give workers guaranteed work hours, say researchers

Workplace Insight

Along with colleagues from the ReWAGE expert advisory group, academics at the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick examined the legal and workplace practices associated with zero hour contracts, along with data covering flexibility, pay insecurity, workers ability to assert their rights and workers health and wellbeing.

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Half of gig workers earn below the minimum wage

Workplace Insight

As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below the minimum wage. ” Equally concerning, more than a quarter (28 percent) felt they were risking their health or safety in doing gig work and a quarter (25 percent) experienced pain on the job.

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

Ian's Messy Desk

Press release from the Canadian Index of Wellbeing : TORONTO – Canadians, especially women, are caught in a time crunch and the problem has been getting worse over the past 15 years, says a new report by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), Caught in the Time Crunch: Time Use, Leisure and Culture in Canada.

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How to Manage the Rush Jobs

Ian's Messy Desk

It’s 3:00 in the afternoon and your boss calls from the road and says, “Drop everything, I need this report in an hour.&# Instead, you make the suggestion as to what should be deferred to accommodate the job. &# I suggest we move the deadline for the widget report to Wednesday. Thanks for visiting!