A special course is being run to help businesses cope with unhappy workers on the "most depressing day of the year". Experts calculate that 'Blue Monday' will fall on January 21 - the first work day in the last week of January. A team of counsellors from Kirkcaldy in Fife will advise managers of medium-sized businesses on how to spot the symptoms of depression and stress.
Triggers for Blue Monday include the weather and the arrival of the Christmas credit card bill. The formula was calculated from research carried out by Dr Cliff Arnall from the University of Cardiff.
Jeni McCabe from HR consultancy Simple Corporate Resource Solutions said : "Problems can arise with the festivities being over, 'real life' resuming, foul weather, first credit card bills of the year coming through our doors and so on. But in reality these symptoms cause year-round headaches for employers. Our event will help delegates prevent and treat these common workplace ailments. There's no doubt that a happy workforce is a productive workforce."
Every day is a Blue Monday for the world's working class and everyday the capitalist class wants us to be more productive .
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It is about time these things were recognised and something done about it. I am glad to see that it is an HR company taking the initiative. Well done SCRS and interactions for pointing out that employers should not only be aware of the problems, but should also be pro-active about them. I am sure the course will be very popular with employers and managers.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Sam Dennon.