Thankfully, in this period of transition, Peninsula’s expertise is a constant; our advisors are available 24/7 to soothe your stresses.
Around this time of year, we tend to see certain issues creep up. From seasonal affective disorder (SAD) to navigating the stress of holiday backlogs and performance reviews, whatever you’re dealing with, your advisers are here to support you.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that some people may experience during specific seasons or times of the year.
It's important for employers to recognise this and offer adjustments where needed. This may include allowing flexibility with working hours; reducing performance targets; offering reduced or amended duties; or accepting last-minute annual leave requests.
Offering an employee assistance programme and training managers can make staff feel comfortable to raise concerns or ask for help also.
Holiday backlogs
Avoiding an influx of annual leave requests is paramount for productivity. If your staff don’t use their holidays, these problems may follow:
- Employee burnout: If your employees don’t periodically use their holidays, they are at risk of experiencing burnout—which significantly hampers your business’s functionality.
- Staffing shortages: Multiple staff wanting time off at one time may lead to your business not performing optimally.
- Operational disruption: With overwhelmed managers, administrative processes become convoluted and lead to errors.
- Financial risks: When employees carry over holidays, it may cause a financial burden on your company’s books; or even create legal issues concerning carry-over rights.
Performance reviews
While there are no set rules on when to carry out appraisals and performance reviews, it's helpful to schedule them in regularly.
This may be the time of year where you're looking to assess your employees' performance, help them best understand what they're doing well and what they can be looking to work towards and improve on moving forward.
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As discussed, with SAD’s prevalence likely to increase due to changing seasons, and with the pressures linked with performance reviews, your staffs’ morale might decline.
With that in mind, our award-winning Employee Assistance Programme can be added, enabling your staff to receive professional counselling and wellbeing resources.
Should you have any queries, feel free to contact us today and receive the support you need.