All Editorial articles – Page 19
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ArticleUPAC Group moves to four-day working week
Food and drink industry packaging supplier UPAC Group has introduced a four-day working week while still allowing employees to keep a full salary and holiday entitlement.The Glasgow, UK-based business has made the switch after a two-month trial, which showed no drop in productivity and a decrease in stress levels. As ...
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ArticleThe benefits of office besties
Something for the weekend: As International Friendship Day arrives (30 July) there’ll be many a home worker fondly remembering all the good times they had with their office bestie before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ripped them apart and consigned them to a solitary life of working from home.No one can ...
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ArticleDr Zofia Bajorek: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
As the country continues its pathway out of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown, conversations have invariably turned to what a return to the workplace will look like, and what this means both in terms of the flexible working agenda and employee health and wellbeing. Some have labelled these last 18 months ...
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ArticleDavid Wood: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
Earlier in the year we asked our people for their feedback on how they'd found homeworking and their thoughts on what a return to the office could look like for them. Most people had really appreciated having the ability to work from home, and many said that they felt just ...
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ArticleSarah Way: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
While Herrco Cosmetics has employees working in the factory producing essential goods, we also have a number of employees working from home. Working from home has been our norm for years, and so having teams working in a hybrid way wasn’t unfamiliar to us when the pandemic hit. Having the ...
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ArticleArken Legal implements four-day working week
Digital estate planning solutions business Arken Legal has introduced a four-day working week for full-time employees following a trial that lasted nine months.Since October 2020, all full-time employees, with the exception of two members of staff who take a different day to ensure cover, have had Fridays off. The trial ...
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Article38% feel wellbeing support improves productivity
Over a third (38%) of people who have been working from home throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic feel wellbeing support has increased their productivity.A study by health insurance and wellbeing solutions provider Westfield Health asked 1,500 people across the UK about their future work plans and wellbeing needs in order ...
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ArticleEvolved Search trials four-day working week
Newcastle, UK-based marketing agency Evolved Search has introduced a four-day working week as part of a six-month trial.According to the agency, the move is a result of employees now having a better work-life balance while working from home, which in turn has had a positive impact on client results and ...
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AnalysisHow can Covid-19 benefits survive and thrive in the long term?
Need to know:Benefits have evolved during the pandemic, with the initial care packages morphing into more structured benefits propositions. But what will we keep and what will fade away?For the employers that can offer it, flexible working is here to stay. The genie’s out the bottle and employers should realise ...
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Case StudiesHow Essex County Council is reimagining benefits post-pandemic
Essex County Council is thinking hard about what benefits look like after the pandemic, concentrating its efforts on flexible working and wellbeing for its employees.Pam Parkes, Essex County Council’s director of organisational development and people, says: “I think there is going to be more structured hybrid working, which is what ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Flexible working requests to rise
Findings from The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) earlier this week revealed that more than half of British employers are expecting more flexible working requests post-pandemic, with roughly the same percentage anticipating an increase in hybrid working.Since so many employees having become accustomed to home working during the past ...
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ArticleClyde Munro Dental adopts hybrid working model
Clyde Munro Dental Group has introduced a fully flexible hybrid working model in order to support employee wellbeing.Following a consultation with staff in which 72% voted to adopt hybrid working, the organisation's support centre in Glasgow shifted to a blended model to give the team a greater sense of flexibility ...
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ArticleLinklaters rolls out staff wellbeing app
Law firm Linklaters has introduced a workplace wellbeing app that offers accessible and sustainable tools to help staff look after their mental health.Produced in partnership with employee wellbeing platform BetterSpace, the artificial intelligence powered app will be available for the company’s UK workforce. It will be accompanied by a £300 ...
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ArticlePlant some wellbeing in the office
Something for the weekend: If a lunchtime yoga session doesn’t do it for your stress levels, why not try nurturing your own office plant?Research has shown that active interaction with indoor plants can reduce employees' physiological and psychological stress, a fact possibly reflected in the 2,600% increase in Google Searches ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Investigo closely aligns reward strategy with employee value proposition
Listen: Sarah House-Barklie, people and culture director at Investigo, talks to Employee Benefits about the global recruitment agency's reward strategy, and the initiatives it has introduced to support its employees' wellbeing during the pandemic.At a glanceInvestigo is a multi-specialist recruitment agency which deals with a number of different sectors such ...
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Article29% saw work-life split improve in workplace return
New data has highlighted that 29% of UK office workers saw a positive impact on their work-life balance as a result of returning to the workplace.The research commissioned by digital coaching provider Ezra found that 30% have now returned full-time and 24% have done so on a part-time basis, both ...
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ArticleTransUnion launches flexible Fridays for UK staff
Global insights, information and credit reference agency TransUnion is allowing its 700 UK members of staff to take off Friday afternoons to focus on their personal development and wellbeing.Dubbed Flexible Fridays, the initiative has been launched in recognition of the impact the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had on employees. Under ...
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OpinionNick Griggs: Adapting to the new ways of working
We are now sitting at a junction, looking at the way we work and how organisations need to adapt, post pandemic. Despite the uncertainty and fast changing environment, decisions need to be made. So making sure you have the insight and framework to do this optimally is vital.As our recent ...
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ArticlePooch power to boost productivity and wellbeing
Something for the weekend: If you are not sharing a pod with a four-legged colleague right now (25 June) you may be missing out on some serious pooch power to boost your productivity and wellbeing.Yes, today, offices around the UK are echoing to the sound of “oohs” and “aaahs”, and ...
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AnalysisHow on-demand communications can boost engagement with benefits
Need to know:News and information about benefits sent out just via emails can easily get lost in the swathes of them employees receive each day, and potentially never read.The most effective and immediate communication method for reaching remote and office-based employees is mobile, with push notifications via apps able to ...