All Benefits for carers articles – Page 47
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ArticleThree-quarters find it difficult to balance family and work commitments
Three-quarters (75%) of respondents find it difficult to balance their work and family commitments, according to research by health insurer Benenden Health.Its Supporting employees with family and caring commitments report, which surveyed 1,084 employees aged between 25 and 50 who have caring responsibilities for children, elderly or sick relatives, or ...
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ArticleEuromoney launches family support benefit for 850 UK staff
Global financial information organisation Euromoney has launched a new family support benefit for its 850 UK-based employees in order to support staff in fulfilling their potential at work.The new benefit, provided by Parental Choice, was introduced on 11 October 2018 and is effective immediately for UK employees. The family support ...
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Case StudiesGamesys centres organisational culture and benefits strategy on employee feedback
Digital gaming and gambling organisation Gamesys has invested in crafting an organisational culture and benefits focus that centres on delivering against feedback from its 1,300 global employees.Tina Southall, director of people at Gamesys, says: “It’s the willingness to truly engage with employees, listen to what they want and try to ...
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ArticleSouthwark Council launches premature baby leave
Southwark Council has launched premature baby leave for its 4,500 employees, to help support working parents and give prospective parents peace of mind.The premature baby leave, which came into effect from 1 September 2018, enables parents of babies born at or before 37 weeks to receive an extra week of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: JLT Group launches holistic wellbeing programme for UK employees
EXCLUSIVE: Benefits provider JLT Group has launched a wellness programme focusing on the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of its 3,900 employees in the UK.The programme includes the implementation of mental health first aiders across all 19 offices nationwide, accompanied by mental health and stress awareness training for line managers.The ...
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Case StudiesMSB Solicitors takes multi-faceted approach to reducing presenteeism
Professional services roles typically comprise long hours, high stress and various other factors that promote presenteeism. According to the Resilience and wellbeing survey report, published by the Junior Lawyers Division in April 2017, 74% of legal professionals believe their employer could do more to combat stress at work.Liverpool-based MSB Solicitors, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco adopts wide family-centric organisational culture to support staff wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Multinational technology organisation Cisco has embraced and promoted a family-centric organisational culture, and corresponding customisable benefits, in order to support the wellbeing of its 73,400 global employees and enable them to better manage the integration between their personal and professional lives.In a session titled ‘Flexing to ...
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OpinionHelen Smith: Why caring commitments impact health and wellbeing
For those with family and caring commitments, balancing the often-conflicting elements of work and life can be a major cause of stress and mental health issues. Financial problems, loss of sleep, relationship breakdowns and many other triggers can affect emotional wellbeing, and all of this can in turn impact on ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mundipharma offers choice and convenience with new flexible benefits strategy
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Pharmaceutical organisation Mundipharma’s overhauled flexible benefits package offers wider choice to employees.In a session entitled ‘Building a flexible benefits strategy for the future’, which took place as part of the benefits strategy stream at Employee Benefits Live on Tuesday 2 October, Amy Goodwin, head of reward ...
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ArticlePoll: 43% offer flexible working to support male employees with caring responsibilities
Employee Benefits poll: More than two-fifths (43%) of respondents offer male employees flexible working opportunities in order to support them with caring responsibilities.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 21 responses, also found that 24% of respondents promote a family-friendly organisational culture to help support male staff with their ...
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OpinionKatherine Wilson: Should employers encourage a four-day week to increase productivity?
According to the 2011 census, three million people in the UK combine working with caring for a disabled, seriously ill or older relative or friend. Without the right support, the stress and pressure of juggling work and care can force people to leave their jobs. Indeed, two million people have ...
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AnalysisHow can employers fully embrace flexible working practices?
Need to know:Flexibility in working practices is in high demand and accommodating this can influence an organisation's performance; but this takes careful planning to implement effectively.Leadership buy-in, role models and strong communication are all elements of laying the groundwork for flexible working practices, as is ensuring that internal systems are ...
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OpinionRosie Gloster: Embedding flexible working into your organisational culture
In some organisations, employees who work flexibly can experience a lack of skills development, or pay and career progression, while workplace cultures and practices can at times leave flexible or part-time employees in isolation.This seems to be a negative outcome of the discord between HR policies and the realities of ...
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Case StudiesPWC introduces flexible recruitment programme to attract top talent
In August 2018, professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) brought flexible working to the forefront of the employee experience by introducing it into the job application process itself with the launch of its Flexible Talent Network.Helen Hopkin, head of UK workforce strategy at PWC, says: “There’s a misconception around working at ...
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OpinionJonathan Maude: The legal perspective on flexible working arrangements
'Flexibility' is the buzzword around modern working. If employers do not embrace a flexible working pattern, they are likely to lose talent to competitors, and in the current uncertain market and economic conditions, this is the last thing they can risk. So, employers need to fully embrace flexibility for the ...
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ArticleA third of younger applicants worried to ask about employers' flexible working policies
Nearly a third (30%) of 18 to 34-year-olds would be worried to ask about flexible working policies during a job interview, according to a survey commissioned by Direct Line Group.Almost a quarter (23%) of all 2,003 respondents to the Opinium research, carried out between 7 and 11 September 2018, expressed ...
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ArticleWork-life balance management causes stress for 75% of working parents
Three-quarters (75%) of working parents suffer stress and anxiety as a result of their work-life balance management, according to a study by HR software provider CIPHR.The survey of 1,400 parents in work, published on 26 September 2018, also found that 53% of respondents feel judged by managers and colleagues for ...
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ArticlePHMG adds paid wedding leave and 'proud parent' leave to staff benefits
Audio branding organisation PHMG has added wedding leave and 'proud parent' leave to its benefits package to help mark this year's National Work Life Week on 1 to 5 October.Staff at Manchester-based PHMG, which employs 450 workers across the UK, US, Canada and Australia, will be entitled to an extra ...
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ArticleWorkplace flexibility 'very important' for 77% of UK workers
Workplace flexibility is one of the most prevalent trends among UK workers, with over three-quarters (77%) stating that it is very important to them, according to a report from employee benefits provider Unum and independent researcher the Future Laboratory.The study, The future workforce, carried out by Opinium in March 2018 ...
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ArticleMcDonald's promotes non-traditional working with 'Let's talk about flex' campaign
Fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's has partnered with flexibility campaigner Anna Whitehouse, also known as Mother Pukka, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and online community Working Mums to promote flexible working.The organisation is hosting a series of 'Let's talk about flex' events at McDonald's restaurants, where attendees can ...