TCA can offer tailored advice and training for businesses, get in touch for more information. Tayside Council on Alcohol | Alcohol Advice, Information and Support Services (alcoholtayside.com)

Some services including membership and events may incur a cost.

Living Wage accreditation formally recognises and celebrates employers who choose to go further than the government minimum.

Join a growing movement of employers who demonstrate that a real Living Wage is good for business, good for workers and good for society.

If you are suffering from a health problem such as pain and discomfort, or stress and anxiety, and it is affecting you during your working day, then Working Health Services Scotland can help. https://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/OurServicesA-Z/WorkingHealthServicesTayside/index.htm

We provide our members with a safe, secure place to save as well as a place to borrow money.

• contracts, hours and pay

• dealing with workplace problems

• equality, diversity and inclusion

• leave and time off

• managing people and performance

• mental health

• redundancy

Your employees spend a large part of their day in the workplace and are likely to eat one or more meals, and snacks, while there.

This means that, as an employer, you have the opportunity to positively influence their eating habits. You also have the chance to increase awareness of healthy eating and the role it has in overall health.

That support can be vital in helping people to cope with a bereavement and in helping them to adjust to live without the person who has died.

This Bereavement-Friendly Workplaces Toolkit contains resources to help both employers and employees to cope with bereavement.

Everyone deserves a mentally friendly workplace where they can thrive. Both employers and employees have a role in in creating this.

Read our guide on how to support both your mental health and your colleagues’ at work.

This guide is suitable for employees, managers and employers.

To Absent Friends gives people across Scotland an excuse to remember, to tell stories, to celebrate and to reminisce about people we love who have died. To Absent Friends, a People's Festival of Storytelling and Remembrance is an opportunity to revive lost traditions and create new ones.

By offering your staff free courses or additional free training, you can:

• promote a culture of learning and upskill your employees in their current role or help them progress into higher skilled roles  

• improve numeracy, language and digital skills in the workplace 

• increase productivity and workforce development  

Failing to manage stress at work can cost employers in reduced productivity, sickness absence, or even losing a valued member of the team.

The Working Minds campaign brings together a range of tools and support to help businesses and workers understand the best ways to prevent work related stress and encourage good mental health.

This programme has been designed for adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or above, who want to be a healthier weight.

You shouldn’t follow this programme if you’re under 18 years of age, pregnant or in a healthy weight range.

Many of the sessions are suitable for everyone and provide general learning and information but don't have a workplace focus. Full details of each course and the intended audience are on Eventbrite.

To find out more before booking your space please email tay.publicmentalhealthtraining@nhs.scot

For example, it can:

• improve staff wellbeing

• reduce absence levels and employee turnover

• attract employees with a wider range of skills and experience

• reduce the risk of disputes and legal claims, for example about discrimination

This links to other People Management articles which may be of interest.

various Employer Guides, research papers, and recorded webinars from 2024 and 2025.

Much more than courses and concepts, ShiftWorks brings the full diversity of the health and care workforce together, regardless of sector, experience, role, or status. It’s beautifully designed peer driven social learning for busy schedules, and it’s organised around the simple idea that if we understand each other better, and learn from one another, we’ll create a new generation of distributed and collective health and care leadership.

For twenty years, West College Scotland has pioneered Online Learning in Scottish education.  We offer a wide range of courses which you can study in a way which suits you.  You might be in a job and looking to improve your qualifications or you may want to study in your leisure time.

Together, we support businesses and individuals by utilising Scottish funding that’s been set up to help support the delivery of education, skills development and training initiatives for adults aged 16 and over, exclusively in Scotland.

Check out our flexible working research section too for the latest insights from our research with Scottish employers, workers and unemployed people looking for work.

Here you will find information on how supported employment agencies can help you and your business, how to access your local service, and our Good Practice Guide for employers.

We offer completely free services to help businesses.

There are many different names for the practice of encouraging employees to volunteer: Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV), corporate volunteers, employee volunteers, workplace volunteering… to name a few.

Not only are there many names for ESV, but there are also many different types of ESV offers, including: paid or unpaid time off for volunteering, signposting or promoting volunteering, integrating volunteering into learning and development processes, organising volunteering opportunities, and matching employees to volunteering opportunities.

If you’re in crisis, phone 111.

If there’s an emergency, phone 999.

Whether the workplace is an office, healthcare setting, university, retail, or outdoor working environment, managing allergens is important not only for employees but also volunteers, students, and contractors.

Having an allergic condition that is severe or life threatening may also mean you can be protected under the Equality Act 2010, as it could be classed as a disability.

The following information gives advice on how to reduce these statistics and what you can do to prevent slips and trips in your workplace.

Please note that the Health and Work Team does not endorse Posturite products - we are sharing this link to highlight the useful blog posts.

Your legal duty

The possible causes of work-related stress

Practical advice on how to minimise the impact on workers and organisations

Links to free resources

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Episode 222: Loneliness at work is more widespread – and more damaging – than many realise. But could job design or organisational culture be fuelling the problem? And what can people professionals do to address it?

Support and information for anyone affected by suicide

It's aimed at those across our Scottish workforce who are working on sensitive and emotive topics and issues and with potentially upsetting data and information. 

Presented by counsellor and former journalist Janet Watson, each episode covers a different theme around workplace wellbeing.

We've also published a downloadable guide to support the podcast series.

We're working towards a future free from harm caused by alcohol, drug and mental health challenges, where anyone seeking help feels welcomed, not judged.