While older workers may enjoy the opportunity to work from home more often, it is often their younger colleagues who struggle with a lack of contact and structure that comes with working in an office and being mentored.
2. WELLBEING SHIFTING FROM PERKS TO ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN A major trend in forward-thinking business is the move away from “wellbeing initiatives” (apps, yoga, perks) toward job design, autonomy, and a more realistic assessment of workload. This reflects evidence that organisational factors have greater impact on wellbeing than any individual resilience or leadership training that might be offered to staff. The CIPD’s health and wellbeing research emphasises the importance of:
• job control, workload balance, and supportive management
• flexible working structures • psychologically safe cultures
The CIPD report identified a culture of fear around health and disability that is felt by employees and employers, especially line managers. This creates distance between people and discourages safe and early disclosure, constructive conversations and support just when they are needed most. In addition, heavy workloads stand out as one of the
most common causes of stress-related absence, followed by personal illness or health issues, relationships and family issues, and financial concerns. Management style also ranks highly among the main causes of stress-related absence according to the CIPD’s Health and wellbeing at work report.
3. HYBRID WORKING HAS REDEFINED WELLBEING RISKS Hybrid work has improved flexibility but also introduced new wellbeing concerns:
• blurred work-life boundaries • digital fatigue • isolation and reduced social connection • longer effective working hours
As a result, many UK organisations are introducing right-to-disconnect policies, meeting-free periods, and workload audits to address hybrid-related stress. While older workers may enjoy the opportunity to
work from home more often, it is often their younger colleagues who struggle with a lack of contact and structure that comes with working in an office and being mentored. The CIPD report found that homeworking needs
effective support to manage risks to mental health. It found mental health issues had increased rather than decreased among homeworkers, perhaps because it was more challenging to notice when employees could be experiencing poor mental health or stress if they were not physically present. It called on organisations to take proactive steps to support the health and wellbeing of homeworkers.
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