Employees

Looking after the health and wellbeing of your employees checklist

back-to-business-working-safely-checklist With one in four people expected to deal with some sort of challenge to their mental health at some point in their life, it is highly likely that some of your employees might need extra support while at work and doing so will be good for your business.

This checklist will help you think about some of the things you should consider when it comes to supporting your employees.

Health and wellbeing checklist

Do you have emergency contacts information for each of your employees?
Do your employees know where they can find information on support policies, such as sick pay and other benefits?
Have you researched the different ways you can support your employees’ wellbeing? Mind, the Mental Health Foundation and CIPD are all good places to start
Do your employees know who at work they can talk to about their wellbeing?
Have you consulted with employees about what support they would find helpful?
Have you shared information with employees, or links to support that helps them manage their own wellbeing?
Have you established regular contact schedules between employees and managers?
Have you reviewed what procedures you have in place and what needs updating?
Have you considered whether any of your employees might want to be involved in creating or updating your procedures?
Have you thought about having training or providing training for employees?
Do you have career development or management processes in place? Are these still relevant? Do you need to make any changes to account for new ways of working?
Have you thought about introducing regular feedback sessions with staff?
Is staff wellbeing part of your management accountability? Have you considered embedding it into your business strategy?