Providing a healthy and safe working environment helps improve the wellbeing of our people and supports colleague engagement and productivity, as well as reducing accidents, ill health costs and risk.
We have established a world class health and wellbeing programme to support our staff. Our programme provides a holistic approach to maintaining both the physical and mental wellbeing of our staff to allow them to perform at their optimum level.
Our health, safety and wellbeing programme encompasses multiple approaches:
- health-related support (fitness and medical provision)
- environment and social (ergonomics, safety, nutrition and sports clubs)
- management awareness (stress awareness and health and safety education)
- social responsibility (childcare and family-focused activities).
In London, our Health and Wellbeing Committee has developed a health awareness and education programme and supports a range of internal sports clubs to encourage staff to take control of their health. We have also launched a stress management policy to raise the profile of stress and mental health issues through a number of partner-led presentations.
We have been recognised for our health, safety and wellbeing programmes, winning the Most Effective Employee Benefits Scheme in The Lawyer HR Awards 2011 and being selected as finalists in this category in the Employee Benefits Awards, 2011. Additionally, the British Safety Council again recognised our health and safety management system as “Excellent”, and we have been awarded the British Safety Councils Sword of Honour. The Sword of Honour celebrates organisations which have proved themselves to be at the forefront of health and safety management.
We take pride in the knowledge we have gained and have worked in collaboration with other firms, sharing expertise and best practice in health, safety and wellbeing. For example, we are continuing to assist MITIE to deliver a series of mental first aid workshops to its people and business partners.
