DALLAS, April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been recognized with the gold
award in Mind's second annual Workplace Wellbeing Index, a
benchmark of best policy and practice around mental health in the
workplace. Achieving gold recognizes Jacobs' success in embedding
mental health into company practices and policies, using a variety
of best practice approaches, and demonstrating a long-term,
in-depth commitment to employee mental health.
Inspired by its BeyondZero® principles, Jacobs worked
with Mind to develop the "mental health matters" strategy focused
on promoting positive mental health and wellbeing across the
business, staff and their families. The strategy delivers focused
training, tools and techniques to enable a support network of
volunteer employee champions that offer early intervention and
interim support for staff while directing employees to the
appropriate professional options.
Commenting on the award, Jacobs Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou remarked, "To say I am proud of
Jacobs' commitment to positive mental health is an understatement.
Together we are creating a culture where we encourage people to
talk about mental health, provide support to one another and
demonstrate that, at times, we can all benefit from taking
advantage of the programs we have and the people we've
trained."
"Positive mental health promotes wellbeing, enthusiasm, stress
resilience and retention, resulting in valued and supported staff
that are far more likely to achieve their potential," said Jacobs
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Safety, Security and
Sustainability Catriona Schmolke. "Fundamental to the success of
our 'mental health matters' strategy is our network of positive
mental health champions, which amasses more than 400 trainers and
champions globally, and our ambition to have a network of 1,000+
champions across the globe by the end of 2018."
Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index celebrates the good work
employers are doing to promote and support positive mental health,
and provides key recommendations on the specific areas where there
is room to improve. Mind surveyed nearly 45,000 employees across
the 74 employers participating in the index, and found that 13
percent of respondents said that their mental health was currently
poor or very poor. Of those, 82 percent said that this was solely
or partially work-related.
"Employers are increasingly acknowledging the importance of
tackling stress and supporting the mental wellbeing of the entire
workforce, including employees that might be struggling with their
mental health," added Mind's Head of Workplace Wellbeing Emma Mamo.
"We're delighted to recognise and celebrate employers, like Jacobs,
making mental health a priority for their organisation through our
Workplace Wellbeing Index.
"The Awards event provided an opportunity to recognise those
forward-thinking employers who are at the cutting edge when it
comes to investing in their staff wellbeing, and in turn getting
the best outcomes for their business."
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
$15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue
when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of
more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services
including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and
program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit
www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram.
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fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking
statements on management's current estimates and expectations as
well as currently available competitive, financial and economic
data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently
uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business
results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements.
For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could
cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements
please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2017, and in particular the
discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors,
3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We do not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.
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