{"id":8217,"date":"2024-01-12T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2024-01-15T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:54:33","slug":"employers-say-worker-wellness-will-be-key-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/employers-say-worker-wellness-will-be-key-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers say worker wellness will be key for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Ireland’s childcare, housing and cost-of-living crises, the conditions are a perfect storm for workplace stress.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the need for workplace wellness is a big issue in today\u2019s challenging times. A recent Mental Health Ireland survey found that while 39% of staff felt their workplace had strong mental health policies in place, 33% of respondents felt their company did not adhere to the policies or put them into practice.<\/p>\n

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Mental Health Ireland has introduced a new framework, \u2018Wellness Works: Your Framework for Progressing Mental Health in Your Workplace.\u2019<\/p>\n

As the CEO of Mental Health Ireland, Martin Rogan says: \u201cBy attending to our mental health, we can avoid burnout, disengagement, absenteeism and strained relationships in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Work, he says, plays an important role in all of our lives. The past two years following the pandemic \u201chave changed the world of work forever and we must embrace this new reality. In a competitive labour market, at a time of full employment, employers understand that focusing on mental health in the workplace has never been so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damien McCarthy, managing director of HR Buddy, a consultancy and recruitment company, says that a lot of people \u201crecalibrated over the pandemic and out the other side of it. People got an opportunity to maybe slow down. The hustle and bustle culture they were caught up with was not healthy. They had to drive forward, looking for more flexible work and remote working such as working from home.<\/p>\n

“It has been an opportunity to find a work\/life balance. The question of achieving that has been going on for decades. There is such a stretched labour market now. There is an opportunity for employees to achieve added benefits outside of the number one job marker which has always been salary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Damien McCarthy, managing director of HR Buddy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Companies and organisations can gain an edge by providing additional benefits that complement wellbeing initiatives in the workplace such as having employee assistance programmes with work\/life flexibility and family-friendly work practices.<\/p>\n

The Laya Healthcare Workplace Wellbeing Index findings:<\/p>\n