Mental Health First Aider To Support Staff Wellbeing
Reynaers Aluminium UK has underlined its commitment to staff wellbeing by appointing a mental health first aider to offer employees free, unbiased mental...
Read Full ArticleReynaers Aluminium has been rated ‘A’ good place to work following a staff survey.
The survey, part of the company’s ‘Together for Better’ strategy to support employee satisfaction, saw the UK company gain its highest levels of validation for workplace practices – securing an overall ‘A’ rating from staff.
This followed a strategic plan to implement feedback following the previous survey, with a dedicated team’ instigating suggested changes. This included introducing digital notice boards for staff who do not have immediate access to emails to allow them to stay up to date with company news, the addition of eyecare vouchers and the introduction of a scheme to work a day in a different department to better understand how the company operates.
Counselling
Access to the company’s telephone counselling service was opened up to immediate family members, while the company committed to re-introducing staff social events following the Covid pandemic – this included the introduction of a bi-annual get-together to celebrate staff anniversaries and welcome new starters.
Work was also carried out to enhance the physical working environment while electric car charging points were installed in the car park.
Heartbeat
Richard Hall, MD of Reynaers Aluminium UK, says: “Employees are the heartbeat of every company – we are who we are because of the people that work here. Their commitment and hard work allows us to create the quality products and provide the excellent level of service that Reynaers is known for.
“A key foundation of Reynaers’ ethical approach is that we are ‘Together for Better’, that means working as a collective and supporting each other within the workplace. We have strong company values and our team are expected to truly live these values. Commissioning an external survey to verify that is important to ensure that the commitment to creating a happy workplace genuinely works in practice.”
Picture: Reynaers Aluminium’s UK headquarters in Birmingham.
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
11th July 2024