Important: mark these holidays in your diary! The office is closed on these days so you do not have to go to work!

In the period September to November 2023, our well-being survey ‘Feel good in your skin ‘ continued. Mental well-being and wellbeing are very important to us at DCO Beerse vzw. This survey gives us an insight into the state of our employees' mental well-being.

At the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work of 14 February 2024, Securex explained the results to the employers' delegation and union members. Before moving on to the results, we would like to thank everyone who made the effort to complete this survey!

47% of our employees completed the questionnaire ( compared to 26% in 2018 ). So this is a nice increase!

Because almost half of our employees filled in the questionnaire, we as an employer can continue to build on these results. Good mental wellbeing is a win-win for both employer and employee.

Some figures:

• A whopping 79% of often or always enjoy coming to work!
• 13% experience stress at and during work.
• There is no difference in the experience of stress symptoms between half-time and full-time employees.
• The risk of burnout is 14%.
• Employees with more than 11 years of seniority have a lower risk.
• The vast majority view the future of DCO Beerse vzw positively and have no fear of losing their job.

If we look at global scores of DCO Beerse vzw compared to the benchmark ( group of companies in Belgiumë ) we score higher than average. This is certainly apositive fact and we should build on this as an organisation:

Employees feel that they

• Enough information about the company in general and when changes occur
• Sufficient variety in their job
• Enjoy sufficient opportunities for training
• Experience a good work-life balance

There are alsoworking points for the organisation. The main ones are:

• Giving recognition to employees
• Taking employees' views into account when making changes and adequately explaining changes within the organisation

At the end of the survey, an open question was asked: ‘What could DCO Beerse vzw do to make you feel even better ? ‘

Just about everyone formulated an answer to this question. This information will be further reviewed with unions and management.

A lot of useful tips were given that we can work on as an organisation.

Thanks again for your participation!

Regular education and training is important for yourself. From DCO Beerse vzw, we encourage training and training hours count as hours worked!

We offer a wide range of training on different topics.

In the months of May – June 2024, these are the following training courses  which continue in the office:

1. Learning to cope with grief and loss
2. Burn – out and stress prevention: training in self-care
3. EHBO within the service voucher industry
4. Communication in the workplace

Practical:

• If interested: send an email to info@dcobeerse.be with name, first name and choice(s) of training.
• About two weeks before the training, you will be informed by the office of the date and time of the training.
• Once registered, we expect you to actually attend the training.

In autumn 2024, October – December, we will again organise training sessions at the office. These will be announced in September 2024.

Every employee working in 2023 within DCO Beerse vzw is entitled to a New Year's gift from Rituals as well as a gift voucher.

Many colleagues’ve already come to pick up these gifts at the office. For those who have not yet done so: they have time until Friday 29 March 2024.

Lately, we have noticed that many employees park their cars on the footpath across the street from the office.

This, however, is not the intention and leads to frustration among the neighbours opposite. Please park your car in the provided parking spaces in the street.

Thank you!