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ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THE CYCLE Specialist recruiter, the Robert Walters Group, has announced plans for their world-wide employee wellbeing initiative - #BreakTheCycle.
The scheme comes in response to Robert Walters Group research, which reveals that over three quarters of UK employees feel ‘uncomfortable’ talking about mental health in the workplace, citing anxiety of how they might be perceived by co- workers as a key hurdle.
Stephen Edwards, Chief Marketing Officer from Robert Walters Group said: “We are in the business of helping companies recruit and retain valued employees and so it only feels right to address this issue at home first.
“The onus is really on the employer to introduce initiatives that encourage wellbeing – this includes raising awareness of the role employees play in each other’s wellbeing and encouraging staff to connect with and check in on their fellow colleagues.”
This year, more than 4,000 employees at the Robert Walters Group will be challenged to #BreakTheCycle and do something fun, active, meaningful and inclusive with colleagues – with the goal of improving wellbeing and checking in on peers.
Helping to set the benchmark will be the Hairy Handlebars and their 6,000 mile cycle from Robert Walters Group London HQ to their offices in Tokyo - all in aid of men’s health charity Movember.
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CONSTRUCTION FIRMS SHOULD ‘ACT AS BEACONS OF BEST
PRACTICE’ SAYS NEW REPORT Major construction projects should lead the way when it come to best practice for occupational health, giving smaller contractors an opportunity to learn better ways of keeping their workforces safe.
This is the advice of a new report, which highlights the responsibilities of better-resourced companies when it comes to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The study, carried out by Loughborough University, looked specifically at the building of the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC), near Loughborough, and explored how large projects such as this can teach supply chains about the latest health and safety advances.
Lead researcher, Dr Wendy Jones, of the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering (ABCE), said: “Health often ends up as the poor relation of safety in construction, and it can be particularly difficult for smaller companies that don’t always have the right expertise, or who have limited budgets, to get the right arrangements in place.
“The fact that construction workers move around between different companies and different projects makes it even harder.
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“This research found that some SMEs are improving their management of hazards such as dust and musculoskeletal disorders as a result of working on major projects such as the DNRC, this is good news and confirms that good practices ‘trickle down’ through the sector for health, as they do for safety.
“Major projects have an important role to play in setting high expectations of their contractors in relation to health management and supporting them to reach these.
“This can really help to drive improvements through the sector.
Occupational ill-health costs the sector about £850m-a-year.
Other recommendations in the report include employing health specialists, such as nurses and physicians, to educate site managers and supervisors.
Firms should also employ at least one person with occupational health training, who can encourage and support compliance of the latest, relevant standards.
The study found that a common complaint from workers was that they were being exposed to health risks by the activities of other contractors.
The report recommended better planning, so that noisy or dusty work was scheduled at a time when it would have the least impact on other people, and separating workers via noise exclusion zones and noise barriers.
https://bandce.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Improving-OH-risk-management-in-SMEs-Research-Report.pdf Read the full report here.
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