Employee Wellbeing Policy Template
Employee Wellbeing Policy Template (UK)
Approx. 6 pages · 13 sectionsBranded PDF + editable WordLast reviewed:
What is a employee wellbeing policy and who needs one?
An employee wellbeing policy sets out how your organisation supports physical and mental health at work: managing work-related stress using the HSE Management Standards, support available, reasonable adjustments and manager responsibilities. It helps evidence workforce wellbeing in social value and fair work responses in public tenders.
Covers the wellbeing commitment, stress management, mental health support, reasonable adjustments, and managers' responsibilities.
Why buyers ask for this
Buyers increasingly score workforce wellbeing within social value and fair work questions, and employers must assess the risk of work-related stress under health and safety law.
Who needs it
Employers wanting to evidence workforce wellbeing in social value and fair work responses.
Where it comes up in a PQQ, SQ or PSQ
Under the Procurement Act 2023, supplier selection uses the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) plus each buyer's own conditions of participation and quality questions. Typical questions this policy supports:
- Social value questions on workforce health and wellbeing
- Fair work questions on supporting staff and reducing absence
- Health and safety questions on managing work-related stress
- – Supports social value (workforce wellbeing) and fair work questions
What's inside
The full employee wellbeing policy runs to about 6 pages (including the branded cover and document control page) across 13 sections:
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Organisational Commitment
- Responsibilities
- Line Management
- Human Resources
- Occupational health professionals will provide a comprehensive service
- Occupational health professionals will play a critical part in developing
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Employees must take responsibility for managing their own health and
- Health Promotion Initiatives
- Occupational Health Support
- Other measures available to support employees in maintaining health and
Key points covered
- Commitment
- Stress and mental health
- Support available
- Reasonable adjustments
- Manager responsibilities
- Review
Every document carries your logo, company name, version number, approval signatory and next review date, in branded PDF plus editable Word.
UK legislation, standards and guidance it references
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Equality Act 2010
- HSE Management Standards for work-related stress
Excerpt preview
The Company has developed an employee wellbeing policy to manage its obligations to maintain the mental health and wellbeing of all staff. It covers the organisation's commitment to employee health, the responsibilities of managers and others for maintaining psychological health, health promotion initiatives, communicating and training on health issues, the range of support available for the maintenance of mental…
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How to adapt it
- Read every section and remove anything that doesn’t reflect how your organisation actually works.
- Complete the bracketed [ADAPT] prompts with your own arrangements, people and data.
- Have the policy approved and signed by a director or equivalent, and communicate it to staff.
- Keep evidence that you follow it, and review it by the date shown.
Employee Wellbeing Policy FAQs
What are the HSE Management Standards?
HSE's framework covers six areas of work design linked to stress: demands, control, support, relationships, role and change. The policy uses them to structure stress risk assessment.
Do employers have to assess stress risks?
Yes. Work-related stress is a health risk that employers must assess and control, like any other workplace risk, under health and safety law.
What support can a small employer offer?
Proportionate options include regular one-to-ones, flexible working, trained mental health first aiders, signposting to NHS and charity services, and an employee assistance programme where affordable.
How much does the Employee Wellbeing Policy template cost?
£19.99 per policy, or £199 for all 39 policies. It is a one-off payment with no subscription, and you download branded PDF and editable Word files straight away.
Free guides
General information, not legal advice. Requirements differ between buyers and change over time; always check the tender documents.