The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence(NIHCE) has today published a set of guidelines for employers on promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions.
Although the guidance and supporting documentation is extremely comprehensive and robust, it does have to be said that most of the guidance is identical to the recommendations that HR professionals have been making for many years!
The guidance focuses on interventions to promote mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions, and describes mental wellbeing at work as being determined by the interaction between the working environment, the nature of the work and the individual.
The five recommendations of NIHCE are:
Adopt an organisation-wide approach to promoting the mental wellbeing of all employees, working in partnership with them.
Adopt a structured approach to assessing opportunities for promoting employees’ mental wellbeing and managing risks.
Provide employees with opportunities for flexible working according to their needs and aspirations in both their personal and working lives.
Strengthen the role of line managers in promoting the mental wellbeing of employees through supportive leadership style and management practices.
Collaborate with micro, small and medium-sized businesses and offer advice and a range of support and services.
Promoting mental wellbeing at work
- What might "an organisation-wide approach to promoting the mental wellbeing of all employees" look like?
- Which opportunities for flexible working might organisations wish to make available for their employees?
- The guidance speaks of "strengthening the role of line managers in promoting the mental wellbeing of employees." What might this involve in practice?
- Will smaller organisations experience greater difficulties than larger ones in implementing such guidance?
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