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GBVH is not a decoration to hang in the hallway
This article was submitted by one of our readers and 2022 Eduweek speaker: Paula Quinsee If you would like to submit an article, please do so hereIn the past 3 months alone 989 women killed, and 13 000 women assaulted between July and Sept 2022. Certainly not...
EAP as an Integral Part of Workplace Health and Wellness
When diving into the definition of health and wellness, it becomes clear how these concepts are interrelated and how, practically speaking, they play a part in every single aspect of our lives. The two are so inextricably interwoven that it makes sense that any divide...
Innovative Approaches to the Delivery of Holistic Employee Wellness Services
The post-Covid employee wellness market is booming, driven, among other factors, by the prevalence of chronic lifestyle diseases and mental health problems caused by sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy lifestyle choices, as well as unrelenting stress and anxiety. When...
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Bullying at work has long been an issue, involving a wide spectrum of destructive behaviour and historically associated with an in-person workplace. And, cyberbullying has been around since the 90s, when personal computers became more affordable to have in the home....
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Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can manifest physically and in mental health problems that show up at work and in people’s personal lives. There are some common symptoms that can negatively impact the functioning of employees with PTSD, making...
Maintaining ethics in EAP
The Employee Assistance industry plays a pivotal role in assisting employees within organisations in the private and public sector in South Africa. In this light, the EAPASA compiled a Code of Ethics designed to provide a set of high standards for EAP practitioners...
Counselling Employees Who Are Victims of Domestic Violence
Employers may feel that issues of domestic violence are best left in employees’ personal lives as they have no bearing in the workplace. However, they need to understand that the workplace is not immune to the effects of domestic abuse and that they have a duty of...
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Does working for your current employer make you feel anxious, where going to the office feels more like a punishment than being a positive and rewarding experience? Do you have a boss who is hostile to you or do you face some form of regular harassment by colleagues?...
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When it comes to an employee suspected of being alcohol or substance dependent, it may be hard for an employer to evaluate where the boundaries lie as to how much of that employees’ personal life they should become involved with. It is important to remember that...
Enabling two-way communication in the workplace
Two-way communication takes place when an organisation enables their employees to freely share in “company conversations”, airing their ideas, thoughts and concerns. It is an intentional style of communication between two or more parties, where all participants are...