Awareness of the importance of mental well-being is growing, both in society and in the workplace. As an employer, you have a key role to play in proactively supporting your employees’ mental health. Evelyne Lauwers, Health Care expert, explains how integrated well-being services empower your current and future human capital.
Colleagues taking time off due to a stressful private situation, or experiencing burnout due to overwork – sadly, such situations are increasingly common. Our work and private lives sometimes move at such a fast pace that we give too little thought to the impact on our health. And yet good health affects not only the performance and productivity of your employees, but their general satisfaction and well-being too. It’s therefore important for you, as a caring employer, to focus on proactively supporting your employees to look after their mental well-being.
To support companies in this, Vanbreda Risk & Benefits works closely with BloomUp. Through this innovative online platform, employees can work on their mental health within their comfort zone and at convenient moments. They can get started on various growth tracks to address common mental health problems. Anyone who needs professional guidance can request an exploratory meeting through BloomUp with a certified psychologist or therapist.
This benefit will give your employees the tools to request support according to their own needs and at their own pace. This usually leads to good experiences and gives a boost to employee engagement. Preventive support also has concrete results in the workplace: a lower absenteeism rate within your organisation and a reduction in associated costs.
What if an employee falls by the wayside despite the proactive approach? As an employer, be sure to look into guaranteed income insurance. This will mean that your employee doesn’t have financial concerns to deal with in addition to his or her health problems.
By offering accessible mental health support and opening up mental health problems as a subject for discussion, you can meet the current needs of the labour market. This strengthens your position as an employer for attracting and retaining talent. Do you have questions or would you like advice tailored to your organisation? If so, get in touch with our experts.
In a world that’s constantly changing, it’s essential to look ahead and make strategic choices. You can then position your company in the job market as a future-proof employer and offer your employees an attractive Employee Benefits package. Here are eight key trends and insights you definitely don’t want to overlook.
More and more employers are developing a health policy that takes account of employees’ needs in terms of physical and mental health and well-being. This positive development makes health care more accessible – and that’s good news, because the Belgian health care system is facing a significant challenge: a shortage of available general practitioners. Through our partnership with Doktr, your employees can always turn to a licensed general practitioner for a teleconsultation. Accessible and inexpensive.
Figures from the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV) show that the number of Belgians who have been at home for more than a year due to burnout or depression has increased by 40 percent over the last four years. This is a worrying figure. It is becoming increasingly important for employers to arrange guaranteed income insurance for employees in the event that they become incapacitated for work. A recent court ruling on the restriction of cover from such insurance for psychological disorders has caused a stir within the insurance sector. We explain how this insurance works and the impact of the case in question.
The legal retirement age in Belgium is currently 65 years, but rises to 66 in 2025 and 67 in 2030. If you’re self-employed it therefore makes sense to also extend your guaranteed income insurance until the age of 67. This insurance has numerous benefits, including the guarantee that you will remain covered until the statutory retirement age against loss of income caused by an inability to work due to illness or accident. In the attached document we explain how you can easily extend your current insurance.