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Jan Laurijssen

Jesse Segers

How can I, as an employer, determine what is truly effective for workplace well-being?

Four domains influence employee well-being: societal context, private context, personality factors, and work context. Employers can primarily influence the work context, which encompasses energy, essential needs, potential, and reciprocity. This provides opportunities to enhance employee well-being by reducing adverse factors and creating stimulating environments.

Sarie Leroy

Gwenny Thomassen

HR Challenge: Heart vs chart

The phrase “as research shows” seems to have become a highly effective debate stopper these days. We hardly dare to question the statements following this introduction anymore. But when it comes to people management, should we only go by hard scientific fact? Isn’t it better to act swiftly, trusting our gut instincts? After all, isn’t intuition built upon observation and experience too?

Trends Impact Podcast: On employee well-being and workability Elia and De Groote De Man

After the COVID-19 pandemic, many well-being initiatives have emerged in companies, but work-related stress and burnout remain high in Flanders. In this episode, companies Elia and De Groote De Man share their approach to employee well-being.

Fruit and yoga should not just be ticks on a checklist in well-being policy

It is crucial that well-being policy is approached holistically, with fruit and yoga being just a part of a broader culture of well-being and care for employees.

Quarter of Belgian executives would not hire employees with mental health problems

More and more companies are starting to pay attention to the mental health of their employees. Yet almost half (48%) of Belgian executives believe that employees with mental health problems can bring their colleagues down emotionally. That's according to new research from Antwerp Management School. Moreover, a quarter of them (24%) would not hire someone with a history of mental health problems.

Does your voting preference in political elections also show in your attitude toward social elections?

On June 9th, both the regional, federal and European elections in Belgium will be held. And if that’s not enough “voting” for you, in the upcoming weeks more than 7,000 companies in Belgium will hold social elections. Over 2 million employees are expected to vote for their representatives in the Works Council and/or the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPPW). These representatives will contribute to workplace participation and engagement over the next four years. But what about employee participation? Are unions still the right approach? And is there a connection between voting preference in political elections and attitudes toward social elections?