Taking care of your employees' wellbeing is incredibly important and every organisation should make wellbeing a core element of their People and Culture strategy. Helping your teams to take care of their mental health is a great step towards enhancing their overall wellbeing, and reducing absenteeism at the same time.

Supporting Mental Health at the 2023 Best Places to Work

Tuesday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day, a day to raise awareness and drive actions that promote mental health as a universal human right.

Today, workplace wellbeing is so much more than a fruit bowl in the break area.

Broader and more relevant wellbeing encompasses an individual’s primary health dimensions — physical, mental, and financial. Nurturing these dimensions can help your team members live longer, happier lives as well as be more productive at work.

Flexible work hours have significant health and wellbeing results. This is because they contribute to a healthy work-life balance, which makes employees happier, less stressed, and less susceptible to burnout. They're also easier to implement than ever, due to the rise of remote working.

The pressure is on, from employees, customers, regulators, investors, and progressive business leaders – to prioritise ethical, sustainable, and socially conscious practices across your organisation.

The cost of presenteeism to businesses is almost 10 times higher than that of absenteeism. Employee absenteeism and presenteeism can be a major challenge for businesses of all sizes, and it’s not always easy to pinpoint the underlying causes.

Only a decade ago a subsidized gym membership and a fruit basket in the were the health initiatives in workplaces. Today we look at health and wellbeing as a strategic employee engagement and experience approach, with four pillars; mental, physical, financial, and social health.

The purpose of Employee Recognition is to create a bond between employees and the organisation so that everyone feels respected, valued and appreciated.

Taking care of your employees' wellbeing is incredibly important and every organisation should make wellbeing a core element of their HR strategy. Helping your teams to take care of their mental health is a great step towards enhancing their overall wellbeing, and reducing absenteeism at the same time.

Employee Wellbeing from a candidate perspective; interview with Nikki Beaumont, CEO and Founder of Beaumont People.

Nikola Prestia from HR Legal spoke to WRK+ to help our audience understand the legal obligations employers owe to their employees when it comes to employee wellbeing.

The consolidated revenue of the 2022 Best Places to Work is $2.5billion, an 18% increase on their last financial year revenue. When an organisation gets its employee experience right, their employees will stick around and help the organisation thrive.

“Talk Less, Listen More.” When it comes to communication, is listening more important than speaking?

Brett Knowles, Executive Consultant / Learning & Development, spoke with WRK+ about Talent Development from a candidate perspective.

WRK+ achieved its ISO 9001:2016 certification. This standard and certification ensures WRK+ continues to provide a basis for continuous improvement and control that ensure we conduct ourselves efficiently and to a high standard.

Over the years, performance reviews have undergone a renaissance. In the new framework, the emphasis has shifted from assessing past performance to staying focused on clear, future goals.

Recently Christy Moses, Director, spoke with WRK+ about Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging from a candidate perspective.

It is crucial for workplaces to not only increase the number of people from underrepresented groups that they employ, but to ensure that these employees truly feel they belong. A selection of the Best Places to Work joined a panel to discuss how they promote diversity and inclusion internally, and how they involve their employees and managers to keep these programs alive.

Australian employees have had a rough ride over the past 18 months. The COVID-19 crisis has turned their world upside down, both at work and at home. While we seem to get caught up in debating if and how the crisis will forever change the future of work and workplaces, it is important that we also focus on helping employees land on their feet and readjust in this constantly evolving situation.

Over the past decade, attracting and retaining top talent has been the number one focus for most Australian organisations. People are the most scarce, costly, and valuable resource for many organisations, so we must continue to nurture that resource. Budget cutting is like pruning a tree; you need to do it to help your organisation thrive in the long run. However, if you cut too much, and in the wrong places, you might damage the tree.

Contemporary workplaces recognise that how employees feel about their work has a great impact on their motivation. There is no stronger motivation for employees than an understanding that their work is relevant, and that it matters. When an employee receives recognition and appreciation, it motivates them to work harder.