Legal & General Group Protection’s Wellbeing Advisory Board has launched an approach to tackle burnout, centred on a well being partnership between employers and employees.
This shared responsibility puts workplace culture first and considers the introduction or positioning of services, interventions or insurances.
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In addition, it highlights the need for both parties to look after one another and make commitments to bring a positive workplace culture.
Furthermore, the overriding goal is to elevate the positive role of work and working and that it can impact out overall wellbeing.
The Legal & General board has designed a number of guides, checklists and summaries to help tackle burnout. Tips include:
- For Employers – discover how to build an environment that shields against burnout, including how to design and build a measurable and sustainable health and wellbeing strategy;
- For Employees – everything from self-assessing risk, to how to take personal responsibility for burnout prevention, plus signposting to support and examples of reasonable adjustments, and
- For the Self-Employed – the warning signs of burnout and how to juggle being an employee and an employer.
Dr Tarun Gupta, chief medical officer, Legal & General UK Protection, said: “As a GP with specialisms in Occupational Health and mental health, I have first-hand experience of the fact that if workplace culture remains negative, then no burnout interventions or wellbeing strategy will be effective. So, addressing the negative culture first is paramount.”
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Vanessa Sallows, group protection claims & governance director, Legal & General Retail, continued: “Mental health issues in the UK are continuing to rise, impacting both sickness absence and economic inactivity – and, disproportionately, the younger generation. In other words, there’s never been a more urgent time for us, as an industry, to take a systematic approach to the support and advice we give to clients; an approach that considers the role of good work in health and wellbeing. That necessitates looking at all elements, including workplace culture, in the prevention of workplace stress – and, ultimately, burnout – and not just introducing new services or insurances.
“It’s a privilege to be part of the Wellbeing Advisory Board and the wealth of combined, cross-industry experience and expertise we’ve harnessed to launch this important, new, shared responsibility approach to burnout prevention.”
Louise Aston, mental health and wellbeing campaign consultant, and a member of the Wellbeing Advisory Board, added: “A true partnership between employers and employees creates a culture that prevents burnout by creating a safe and fulfilling environment that protects physical, emotional, psychological, economic and social aspects….This partnership, with everyone having rights and responsibilities, is crucial for tackling negative behaviour.”
