CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years. It has more than 145,000 members across the world, provides thought leadership through independent research on the world of work, and offers professional training and accreditation for those working in HR and learning and development.
‘Flexible working’ describes a type of working arrangement which gives a degree of flexibility on how long, where, when and at what times employees work. This guide from the CIPD can help you implement flexible working in your organisation
Creating a supportive, open culture around mental health at your workplace is something you need to continue working on, revising, and improving. This webinar explores what you can do to ensure you and your organisation are 'in it for the long haul'.
This guide can help you to feel confident talking about suicide in your organisation, develop policies aimed at preventing suicide, and support your staff if they are bereaved by the suicide of a colleague.
This guide can help managers to talk about suicide, spot the warning signs that someone might be at risk, and support their teams if someone takes their own life.
When a member of your team has been absent for a long time because of their mental health, it can be difficult to know how to welcome them back to work. This PDF is filled with information and tips to make their return as smooth as possible.
This guide, written by the CIPD and Bupa, aims to help HR staff manage an employee's return confidently.
Sadly, anyone can be at risk of experiencing bullying, and it can happen in a wide variety of workplaces. This guide from the CIPD explores what bullying and harassment is, the different forms it comes in, and your responsibilities as an employer.
The menopause can affect performance and attendance at work. CIPD have put together a web page to help HR staff and leaders to understand the menopause, their legal responsibilities around it, and advice on creating a menopause policy in your workplace.
Business in the Community have created this report filled with facts about mental health at work, and advice for employers on improving the wellbeing of their staff.
Offering financial advice to your employees might seem complicated. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) have created this PDF guide to help you safely signpost to sources of help so your employees can make better financial choices.
Being made redundant can be a sad or even traumatic time for somebody, but there are things you can do as an employer that can make this transition as compassionate as possible. This guide will help you make the redundancy process easier and smoother.
This web page and PDF guide from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) offers a detailed step-by-step process that you can use as a template for starting conversations about race in your workplace.
Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, many people started working from home for the first time. This podcast explores the difficulties working remotely can cause, and discusses ways you can ensure you're still taking care of your staff's wellbeing.
This PDF guide from CIPD covers the key facts you need to know about the law and alcohol/drugs, how to cope with an employee disclosing they have a problem, and creating a safe environment where substance abuse is not being encouraged.
Drug and alcohol misuse can be a sign of a mental health concern. This PDF guide from the CIPD presents three different situations you might be faced with, and asks you to think of the ways your organisation might deal with it.
Drug or alcohol problems can affect anyone, and it's possible their use might impact on someone's work performance. This guidance from the CIPD aims to help line managers to effectively support and manage someone who is struggling with drugs and/or alcohol.
This PDF from CIPD is aimed at HR professionals and trainers who will be helping line managers to recognise and manage alcohol and drug problems at work.
This page from CIPD discusses ways you can create a bereavement policy which can take into account individual circumstances and help build a supportive environment.
Working from home can be stressful. These tips for line managers can help you to keep your staff feeling supported when they are not able to come into work.
This guide from CIPD explains many of the factors you will need to think about to prepare for people returning to the workplace.
This PDF guide covers some of the areas you will need to think about as staff come back, including managing the risk of the virus transmitting, providing reassurance, and teaching line managers about new procedures.
This is the fourth year of Business in the Community's (BITC) national Mental Health at Work survey, in partnership with Mercer Marsh Benefits and BITC’s Wellbeing Leadership Team.
This report follows a third annual survey conducted by YouGov into employee mental health. It reveals that financial insecurity is a major factor in poor mental health for UK workers, and presents calls to action for employers.
For employees to stay well and in work, it's vital for them to be able to talk to managers about stress and mental health. This guide has practical advice, information and templates to support managers and employers to facilitate this.
This factsheet discusses how to measure sickness absence, the main components of an absence policy, and how to address short- and long-term absence in an organisation.
Following the introduction of 'fit notes' to encourage those on long-term sick leave to make an early return to work, this guide focuses on the key behaviours managers need to support employees.
Employees who have good quality jobs and are managed well will be happier, healthier and more fulfilled, and are likely to be more productive too. This factsheet introduces the concept of employee engagement.
Stress places huge demands on employees' physical and mental health, and is a major cause of long-term absence at work. This factsheet will help you learn how to identify the signs of stress and address stress at work.
An introduction to the key concepts in wellbeing at work: the links between work, health and wellbeing, the five domains of wellbeing (physical, emotional, organisation/work, personal development, and values), and the role of stakeholders.
An overview of mental health in the workplace, covering supporting employees, the legal position and links to further reading. It has guidance on providing specialist clinical and professional advice for employees.
With reports of mental health problems at work increasing yearly, this episode of the CIPD Podcast discusses the need for businesses to foster good mental health in their organisations. Featuring professionals from Mind and Deloitte, and MP Norman Lamb.
