L&G launches workplace burnout prevention model

"Addressing the negative culture first is paramount"

Jaskeet Briah
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The wellbeing advisory board of Legal & General Group Protection has launched a new approach to burnout prevention to address workplace culture and rising mental health issues in the UK.

The approach provides intermediaries with a roadmap for a process that aims to ensure "maximum effectiveness" in helping clients reduce and prevent burnout, while improving wellbeing, L&G detailed. The shared responsibility model addresses workplace culture before considering the introduction or positioning of services, interventions or insurances. It focuses on a wellbeing partnership between employers and employees to ensure shared responsibility for wellbeing and holding each other's responsibilities to account. Dr Tarun Gupta, chief medical officer, L&G UK Protection, said: "As a ...

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