Employee Self-Care Strategy
It is increasingly important to support employees and give them resources to support their own self care.
As more companies move to remote and hybrid working there has been an increase in providing Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP).
Some workers report feeling isolated working from home so providing them with opportunities to work in public spaces such as cafes when appropriate helps to reduce isolation.
There are also ways in which employees can take care of themselves when working remotely, having routines in place, exercising prior to work or during breaks, setting boundaries to ensure there is a positive work life balance.
What is important will be different to each employee depending on their circumstances so having a flexible benefits programme will allow people to select benefits based on what will support them.
There are some basic requirements to implement when you have remote workers such as Display, Screen, Equipment (DSE) assessments or reimbursement for annual eye checks.
Rewarding and recognising employees for exceptional work is important in helping to maintain a strong culture and helps employees to feel valued, this has to be consistent and a process should be in place for recognising employees so that it is felt to be fair and all employees have the same opportunity for recognition.
Having some 'fun' at work is important so providing some virtual activities that everyone can participate in will help to ensure you have motivated employees, this could be something like fantasy football or somewhere to share recipes, it encourages healthy competition and conversation between employees who wouldn't necessarily speak in their day to day roles.
Being as flexible as possible with employees will keep them motivated, empowering your teams to manage their own diaries and time is the best way to manage remote teams, each team member having goals and deliverables in place to understand what is expected from them and when will give them the flexibility to ensure they deliver the work and maintain a work life balance.
We have many years of experience of working remotely and leading remote teams and can provide strategies to the business and employees to ensure that your team members maintain good physical and mental health while working remotely.
