With the ever increasing need to approach employee benefits with diversity, we’ve just turned our attention towards mental wellbeing by being the first company on the Island to provide our staff with access to Mente.
Mente specialise in mental health and safety in the workplace by delivering a service through an e-learning and monitoring portal. Through the Mente online platform employees are provided with resources to help them understand mental health, as well as pathways to gaining support for a whole array of issues including debt management, bereavement and addictions.
Commenting from an employee’s perspective, James, a MAC account executive says “The portal looks great, it’s interactive and has so much information. The courses count towards your CPD and such things like improving your resilience and ability to manage stress are invaluable in so many different roles”
All employers have a moral and legal duty of care to their staff. Through Mente, staff are able to provide anonymous feedback to the employer by completing surveys on workplace practices affecting mental health. Employers are able to track absence, access professional and legal support as well as a plethora of resources such as policies, risk assessment templates and guidance.
Nigel, our MD comments, “Mente is about early intervention. It provides employees with the tools to be able to manage their own mental wellbeing along with the knowledge that it is fully supported by their workplace. When so much stress can be attributed to work, isn’t it a great idea that all the support for coping with it, along with other issues outside, can come directly from work. We’re really pleased to be able to offer this new resource to our staff and hopefully encourage more companies on the Island to follow suit.”
For more information about Mente, feel free to get in touch with us, or visit Mente online, www.mente.co.uk
We advise more employers than any other firm. Business 365
We're delighted to be featured in the October Business 365 edition. We continue to be the number one firm for advice on employee benefits, specifically in relation to the new Pension Freedom Scheme. Don't rush into poor decisions, seek appropriate...
Cybercrime. Why is it on the Rise?
“A low risk crime, that provides high pay offs”, a quote from a recent McAfee report that much of the reason for the rise in Cybercrime can be attributed to. Add on the increasing accessibility to the internet across the World, the increased use of...
The Isle of Man Ladies Cycle Team
We’ve all heard the quote, a healthy body, a healthy mind and we hope you’ve seen the recent exiting news about Jon, all reasons why here at MAC we continue to back all things sport. The Isle of Man Ladies Cycle Team, pictured here with Jon, are...
Cyber Attacks. What are they? How do they affect us?
See the words cyber attack, and criminals with sophisticated skill sets and resources might instantly spring to mind, but that’s not always the case. As highlighted recently by Equifax, easy to guess passwords, not changing default passwords on...
Nugent Santé
Our associated business, in the UK Nugent Santé is one of the North West’s fastest growing Private Healthcare insurance intermediaries. New brochure just released. If you can't view the flash version below, here's a link to the PDF - Nugent Santé...
New Perspective on Pensions
Pension Freedom Scheme (PFS) You’ve undoubtedly read about the new scheme, and we are delighted to be featured in the latest Business 365 edition by Mannin Group, alongside Zurich Insurance Company Ltd discussing the changes. The full article is...
Commonwealth Athletes Sponsored by MAC Group
MAC Group is delighted to be sponsoring Commonwealth Athletes Guy Davies and Steph Brew who will be competing at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. We wish them luck and we look forward to watching them compete next month. Here's...
Tynwald Approves New-Look Manx State Pension
Tynwald has approved plans for a new single-tier Manx state pension Legislation has now been approved so that it can be brought in in April 2019 The new pension will apply to people who reach state pension age on or after April 6th – it will see...