Resources to help workplaces improve wellbeing

Absence management

• Workplace health: long-term sickness absence (NICE)
  Guidance for employers, senior leaders and HR on managing long-term sickness absence and capability to work.
• Tackling presenteeism at work (Bupa)
  Practical advice on managing presenteeism and creating a healthy workplace culture.

Ageing workforce

• Becoming an age‑friendly employer (Business in the Community)
  Practical actions organisations can take to better support an ageing workforce.
• Managing generational differences (Business in the Community)
  Toolkit to help employers understand generational differences and expectations at work.
• GROW: Good Recruitment for Older Workers. This toolkit examines ways to reduce age bias and discrimination in the recruitment process.

Disability and long‑term conditions

• Support with employee health and disability (GOV.UK)
  Advice on managing absence, workplace adjustments, and policies to support employees to stay in or return to work.
• Accessible workplace toolkits (Scope)
  Toolkits covering inclusive recruitment, retention of disabled staff, reasonable adjustments and policies.
• Access to Work (GOV.UK)
  Information on the Access to Work scheme and the support available for employees with disabilities or health conditions.
• Principles to support disabled workers and long‑term conditions (HSE)
  Principles to help employers support disabled workers to get into and stay in work.

Domestic abuse

• Domestic abuse – NHS Safeguarding (NHS)
  Overview of domestic abuse, how to recognise it, and how to respond and ask the question.
• Domestic abuse: a toolkit for employers (Business in the Community)
  Guidance for employers on supporting employees affected by domestic abuse.

Drugs, alcohol and tobacco

• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: a toolkit for employers (Business in the Community)
  Steps to embed a positive culture and develop an approach to supporting employees.
• Guidance for managers supporting employees with addiction (Bupa)
  Guidance on different types of addiction and how managers can support affected employees.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Anti‑racism and allyship in the workplace (Business in the Community)
  Guidance on racial disparities and actions for workplace leaders and allies.
• Diversity and inclusion strategy and policy guidance (Business in the Community)
  Advice on developing inclusive organisational strategies and policies.
• LGBTQ+ workplace guidance (Inclusive Employers)
  Guidance on creating inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ colleagues.
• Partnering for inclusive employment (OIEP)
  Guidance for local economies on building inclusive employment through collaboration.
• Supporting transgender individuals in the workplace (Bupa)
  Guidance on supporting transgender colleagues at work.

Flexible working

• Hybrid working: guidance for people professionals (CIPD)
  Tools and guidance for implementing, managing and improving hybrid working.
• Checklist for proactive management of remote workers (Evolve Workplace Wellbeing)
  One‑page checklist to support effective remote working management.
• Inclusive flexible working toolkit (Business in the Community)
  Practical actions to build inclusive flexible working cultures.

Financial wellbeing

• Oxford Living Wage (Oxford City Council)
  Information on the Oxford Living Wage and how organisations can adopt it.
• Financial wellbeing in the workplace (Money and Pensions Service)
  Practical guidance for employers on improving financial wellbeing at work.
• Financial wellbeing: support and resources for employers (webinar) (Money and Pensions Service)
  Recorded webinar on how MaPS supports employers with financial wellbeing.
• Employee financial wellbeing: a practical guide (CIPD)
  Practical advice for supporting employee financial wellbeing.

Healthy eating

• Healthy eating during the working day (Bupa)
  Guidance on supporting healthy eating at work.

Inclusive recruitment

• Five keys for inclusive recruitment (Business in the Community)
  Actions employers can take to make jobs more accessible to diverse talent.
• A range of health and wellbeing and other support services can be found on the making every contact count page under A resource to help teams signpost to services.
• Reducing intersectional bias in recruitment (Business in the Community)
  Actions to support people facing intersectional barriers into work.
• Future‑proofing youth recruitment (Business in the Community)
  Guidance on creating inclusive recruitment processes for young people.
• Inclusive employment and recruitment support services (Livewell website)
  Guidance for employers on supported employment and pathways.

Leadership and culture

• Workplace health: management practices (NICE)
  Recommendations for good health and wellbeing management practices.

Men’s health

• Men’s health guidance (NHS Employers)
  Practical steps to support men’s health at work.
• Men’s health manager guides (Bupa)
  Guidance for managers on supporting male colleagues.
• Supporting men's mental health in the workplace
  Performance habits project.

Mental health

• Stress Talking Toolkits (HSE)
  Tools to help managers have conversations about work‑related stress.
• Mental health and wellbeing resources for specific sectors and employee groups
• Mental health for employers toolkit (Business in the Community)
  Resources to support employee mental health.
• NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies (NHS Oxfordshire)
  Local support for anxiety and depression.
• Supporting staff with a mental health condition (Mindful Employer)
  Practical manager’s guide to supporting staff with mental health conditions.
• Mental wellbeing at work (NICE)
  Guidance on creating the right conditions for mental wellbeing at work.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) health and physical activity

• Musculoskeletal health toolkit for employers (Business in the Community)
  Practical advice on supporting MSK health and reducing absence.
• Physical activity in the workplace (NICE)
  Guidance on encouraging employees to be physically active.
• Promoting walking and cycling to work (RoSPA)
  Guidance on promoting active and sustainable travel.

Nature

• Nature‑connected organisations handbook (University of Derby)
  Tool to help organisations become more nature‑connected.
• The power of nature for employee wellbeing (Business in the Community)
  Guidance on using nature to enhance employee wellbeing.

Neurodiversity

• Neurodiversity in the workplace guides (Bupa)
  Guidance on supporting neurodivergent employees.
• Neurodiversity at work (Acas)
  Understanding neurodiversity and how to support it at work.
• Neuroinclusion at work (CIPD)
  Guide to building a neuroinclusive organisation.
• Supporting neurodiversity: a manager’s guide (Bupa)
  Overview of neurodiversity and its value in the workplace.

Occupational health

• Using occupational health at work (Acas)
  Information on how occupational health can support employers and employees.

Refugees and asylum seekers

• Supporting refugees and asylum seekers into employment (OIEP)
  Step‑by‑step guidance for businesses.
• Employing refugees: guidelines for UK businesses (Business in the Community)
  Practical steps to support refugee employment.

Sleep

• Sleep and recovery toolkit (Business in the Community)
  Practical actions employers can take to support sleep and recovery.

Suicide prevention and postvention

• Suicide prevention toolkit (Business in the Community)
  Guidance for identifying risk and responding to crisis situations.
• Postvention toolkit for employers (Business in the Community)
  Guidance for responding to the suicide of an employee.
• BS 30480: Suicide and the workplace (BSI)
  Framework for organisations to address suicide.
• Suicide and the workplace: first steps guide (BSI)
  Practical guidance to support the implementation of BS 30480.

Women's Health

• Women’s health manager guides (Bupa)
  Guidance on supporting women’s health at work.
• Menopause in the workplace (Business in the Community)
  Practical actions to normalise and support menopause at work.
• The little book of menstruation, menstrual health and menopause (BSI)
  Helps employers start conversations around menstrual health and menopause.