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Advising on health and well-being, we don't do that alone. Premed consists of a multidisciplinary team of specialists that proactively and personally supports you with the necessary attention to your working environment and business activities. Need advice? We are just a phone call away.

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Our psychologists can be reached via psychosociale@premed.be

  • Ann Van Acker
  • Annelies Geuens
  • Ellen Van Nuffel
  • Nele Geurts
  • Nele Sijmens

The importance of psychosocial well-being at work

By developing a resilient well-being policy, not only can the most pressing problems be addressed, but they can also be identified in a timely manner.

The mental well-being of employees is under pressure more than ever. The consequences of burnout or absenteeism are not only harmful to the person concerned, but also to the efficiency of your company. Therefore, proactively focusing on the prevention of psychological problems is a must. 

A personal well-being policy with Premed

Psychosocial risks vary depending on the work environment and employees. This calls for a personalized well-being policy. Premed sits down with managers, HR staff, confidential advisers, ... As a working group, we jointly examine where the shoe pinches and look for tailor-made solutions. Afterwards, we bring the new policy to attention through training and awareness campaigns. Your employers can also contact our prevention adviser for psychosocial aspects (PAPA) to unburden themselves. Our confidential adviser offers a listening ear, provides advice, and, if necessary, acts as a mediator.

How can Premed help you?  

  • Premed supports you in implementing and adjusting your psychosocial well-being policy.
  • Premed organizes workshops, training sessions, and awareness sessions on various psychosocial topics, such as alcohol and drug use, stress and burnout, absenteeism, bullying and transgressive behaviour. 
  • Individual employees can contact our prevention adviser for psychosocial aspects (PAPA) for confidential discussions and advice on psychosocial risks.
  • Premed also provides coaching for confidential advisers within your company. 

As a Premed client, you have access to numerous information sheets to develop your prevention policy.

Frequently asked questions

An effective absence management policy includes clear reporting procedures, maintains contact with sick employees, detects risks early, and offers appropriate support. The policy must be developed in collaboration with doctors and prevention advisers. 

Premed supports by drawing up a psychosocial policy, conducting open conversations, and guiding reintegration processes. They offer consultations with a psychosocial prevention adviser, training, mediation, and advice during and after a burnout.

Five core symptoms are exhaustion, loss of cognitive control, loss of emotional control, depressive symptoms, and an increasing distance from work.

Absence means that an employee is not at work. This can be short-term (for example, due to a cold) or long-term (for example, due to a serious illness or burnout). Sometimes there is unlawful absence. 

Premed offers both organisational and individual support: they help develop a policy, conduct risk analyses, coach managers and employees, facilitate reintegration processes, and advise on medical force majeure.

The Bradford Factor is a formula used to measure the impact of absenteeism in the workplace, with particular attention to frequent short-term absenteeism. The idea behind it is that many short absences are more disruptive to an organisation than a single long-term absence.

The main causes of work stress are related to an imbalance between carrying capacity (energy givers) and burden (energy takers). When the burden becomes too heavy in relation to the carrying capacity, overload and stress arise.

Premed emphasizes that stress is not a personal shortcoming, but often stems from an inefficient psychosocial work environment.

 

There can be both physical and psychological consequences when the body is under long-term stress without sufficient recovery. Stress in itself is not always problematic, as long as sufficient recovery follows. The danger arises when stress persists for a long time and the body does not get a chance to recuperate.

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