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Really encouraging that the government is supporting counselling in the workplace and not taxing employers for providing this valuable service. BACP have said “The Government yesterday published its response to Dame Carol Black and David Frost CBE’s Health at work – … Continue reading →

This is an important subject: “Bullying is one of the most difficult workplace issues and often the ‘elephant in the room’ that seems either too complex or risky to challenge.  However, with surveys indicating that more than two million people … Continue reading →

This major international book was published earlier in 2012 – have a look inside using this link: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=keUb4rneCjEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=workplace+trauma&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GZ_IUIz4AcbJ0QW50YDQDg&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=workplace%20trauma&f=false

See the attached link for these new guidelines just released by the EAPA http://www.eapa.org.uk/news–eap-guidelines-published.html

Manager support for helping employees return to work following long term sickness absence Some helpful research highlighting manager actions available from the CIPD website: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/hrpract/absence/_manager_support_long_term_sickness – The full research report can be downloaded from the BOHRF website: http://www.bohrf.org.uk/projects/rehabilitation.html  

Article in Employee Benefits (Sept 2012) around National Stress Awareness day. http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/comments/andrew-kinder-what-are-employers-doing-around-stress-in-the-workplace/100055.article  

Interesting research here which shows that EAP/counselling at work is much quicker than NHS Counselling but is broadly just as effective: http://www.eapa.org.uk/news–research-confirms-effectiveness-of-eap-counselling-intervention.html http://www.wsandb.co.uk/wsb/news/2217370/eap-treatment-quicker-than-nhs-but-recovery-levels-even    

This conference looks interesting: http://www.symposium-events.co.uk/health-work-summit-2012/  

Interesting conference again for next year: http://www.healthatwork2013.co.uk/    

EAPA have published a good summary of EAPs which is downloadable from this link: http://www.eapa.org.uk/page–eap-buyers-guide.html