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Case StudiesCarShop reaches employees with multichannel communication approach
CarShop, the UK’s largest omnichannel retailer of used cars, employs 1,600 colleagues across 15 different store locations in England and Wales. As well as a competitive salary, it offers discounts on cars and services, discounts on high street stores, enhanced annual leave, good maternity and paternity pay, a company car ...
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Article68% of employers saw staff wellbeing decline
Two-thirds (68%) of UK and Irish organisations found that employee wellbeing deteriorated over the course of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to new research.Global technology and business solutions provider NTT conducted 1,146 interviews with respondents from across 23 countries for its 2021 edition of the Global workplace report, which explored ...
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ArticleCharlton Morris launches four-day week
Leeds-based specialist search firm Charlton Morris has introduced a four-day week for its 93 employees and additional consultants based all over the UK.The recruitment business decided to implement the change for its current and future workforce as part of its wider package following a successful six-month trial in order to ...
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Article62% of staff said employers took interest in wellbeing
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of UK employees still working from home said their employer has taken a genuine interest in their wellbeing and mental health during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.A total of 2,000 adults were surveyed for financial services business Canada Life’s research, which revealed that 63% found remote working has ...
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ArticlePreact introduces unlimited holidays for employees
Technology firm Preact has introduced an ‘unlimited holidays’ scheme, alongside offering time off for mental health and wellbeing and a wellbeing allowance, to help staff cope with the stresses and strains of working through the pandemic.The benefit, which has been gradually rolled out across the business this month (October), allows ...
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Article21% feel isolated working from home
A fifth of employees feel being isolated in a home office during the pandemic has had a negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing, according to new research.In a poll of 1,000 people by Gazprom Marketing and Trading (GM&T), 21% said working from home had affected their mental health, ...
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Case StudiesCoventry Building Society supports staff wellbeing on return to workplace
Coventry Building Society is the UK’s second largest building society and has more than 2,700 employees, and around two million customers from all across the country with either a savings account or a mortgage.The business offers a range of wellbeing assistance for staff, including a digital GP service, a health ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support the work-life balance of staff on their return to the workplace?
Employers have to demonstrate that they are listening, learning, and that the wellbeing of staff remains a number one priority.There is a need to focus on the positives of returning, such as increased productivity, less loneliness and improved communication.A more dispersed workforce also requires better technology to easily access, understand ...
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Article52% of UK staff do not have a good work-life balance
New research has highlighted that one in two (52%) UK employees admit that their work regularly eats into their personal life.Business and salary review website Glassdoor surveyed 2,017 UK full-time members of staff and found that nearly half (48%) took action to improve their blend of job and home during ...
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Article64% of staff have experienced burnout or fatigue
New data has found that almost two-thirds (64%) of employees have experienced burnout or fatigue.Research carried out for mental health clinic Pam Wellbeing’s Health at work report explored the issues most undermining employee health, as well as what they want and need to stay healthy. The nationwide survey found that ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2021 speaker slides
Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2021, which took place on 6-7 October 2021 at ExCeL London.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakersJoeli Brearley, founder, Pregnant Then ...
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Article58% of staff cannot relax due to remote working
New research findings have revealed that more than half (58%) of employees believe the increase in remote working has meant they are unable to relax or switch off from work.Audio and video products creator Poly’s new report titled The Poly evolution of the workplace also considered changing attitudes to the ...
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Article88% of staff think parental leave policies aid wellbeing
New research has revealed that 88% of employees and managers think that organisations with parental leave programmes show support for wellbeing, with 52% strongly agreeing with this.Bright Horizons’ findings, which are comprised of responses from staff and managers who are users of the nursery and back-up care provider’s parental leave ...
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Article42% of UK staff want a four-day work week
New data has found that UK employees expect more from their employers, with a four-day working week (42%) and unlimited holiday (41%) ranked as the top two benefits desired by staff.Research carried out by agile experience management services Momentive included responses from 2,005 adults aged 18 and over living in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Shell urges staff to be financially educated and in control
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Everyone has the right to feel in control of their finances in order to make informed decisions, stated Alan Becken, HR policy and benefits specialist at Shell.During the panel discussion titled ‘Pro-actively supporting employees’ financial wellbeing’ that also featured David Glennon, reward manager at Trayport, on ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft introduces leave benefits to support employees through pandemic
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The pandemic forced the hand of employers to look at how to adapt benefit strategies to best support employees through challenging times, said Tim Robertson, Emea compensation and benefits lead at Microsoft.Robertson, (pictured) addressed delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2021, at London’s Excel, in a panel ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pregnant Then Screwed: Time to tackle the motherhood penalty
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has “turbo-charged” discrimination against working mothers and pregnant women, and employers must turn this around, according to Joeli Brearley, founder of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed.“This is a key time for all of us. As ambitious employers and HR professionals you are ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: HLM Architects empowers staff to work flexibly
Employee Benefits 2021: Empowering employees and leaders to make their own decisions around flexible and hybrid working is the key to retention, argued Karen Mosley, managing director of HLM Architects.Discussing how to build a new HR strategy for the changing world of work on the second day of Employee Benefits ...