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Workplaces may struggle with how to address grief due to the loss of a loved one, often defaulting to a one-size-fits-all solution, such as offering standard compassionate leave. This smacks of seeing grief as a problem to be solved, something one is supposed to get...
How to increase employees’ use of EAP?
COVID-19 has taken the intensity and range of employee challenges in 2020 to a new level. With the ongoing uncertainty caused by this pandemic, many employees are experiencing increased stress and anxiety. More than ever, employers are concerned about how to provide...
Has COVID-19 Undone Decades of Advancement for Women in the Workplace?
The school and day-care closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, reinstated for a second time from 24 July to 24 August 2020, has again increased care-giving responsibilities for working parents. As a result, many mothers have had to change their work...
Managing and Preventing Work-Related Psychosocial Risks During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Article submitted by Rivalani Mkansi Frontline workers, such as health care and emergency workers, but also those involved in the production of essential goods, in delivery and transportation, or in ensuring the security and safety of the population are facing many...
Strategic Insights into Creating an Inclusive Workforce
Inclusion is what connects people to an organisation, and it’s one of the core reasons they stay put. When diverse employees, each who are different from their colleagues, feel heard and are allowed to flourish, the organisation benefits from their engagement and...
The Increase in Substance Abuse and Pornography Addictions
Physical distancing is a new reality for all of us and even people without mental illness are struggling to adapt to this new way of life. It is critical that health and wellness professionals do not overlook South Africa’s growing addiction crisis in their workplace...
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Managing and maintaining the mental wellbeing of a virtual workforce is a critical skill for the modern employer. This can be made way more difficult by being limited only to periodic conference calls and Zoom meetings. However, working remotely doesn’t have to mean...
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Historically speaking, employee recognition involved either the formal acknowledgment of an employee for long-term contributions to an organisation or a periodic reward for special effort. However, in today’s world of work, recognising long-service or employees or...
COVID-19, Gender and the Workplace: Could this be the push we have been waiting for to truly transform workspaces
Article submitted by Sixolile Ngcobo I cannot help but wonder if whether the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic has been the push that we have been waiting, for , for us to shift gear in our pace of transforming workspaces. In the past +80 days both employers and...
Learnings from the Frontline: Q&A with EAPA-SA Board Member, Dr Marion Borcherds
We spoke to Dr Marion Borcherds, Group Employee Wellness and Transformation at Transnet and EAPA-SA Board member about her experience and learnings in taking a lead role within employee health and wellness over the national coronavirus lockdown period.Q: How is...