All Editorial articles – Page 22
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Article45% of remote workers want a four-day week
New research by Instant Offices has revealed the mental health impact of working remotely and the perks employees are demanding to alleviate it; with flexible hours and a shorter working week coming out top.According to the data, nearly two-thirds (59%) of respondents said they wanted flexible hours to help them ...
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ArticleLooking for a new role on Looe Island?
Something for the weekend: We’ve all dreamt of getting away from it all, perhaps more so than ever before, as home working, endless team meetings, staring at the same four walls, and taking aimless lunchtime walks start to pall.So it will come as no surprise if Cornwall Wildlife Trust has ...
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ArticleMetro Bank team walks over 1,700 miles as part of wellbeing challenge
Metro Bank, the high-street challenger bank, has revealed the results of its month-long ‘team walk’ challenge during March.The walks, aimed at improving colleagues’ mental and physical health, were organised by the bank’s real estate finance team, who set themselves the challenge of walking 500 miles as a way of getting ...
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ArticleEmployers told to tackle false sense of flexible working
Joint research published today by employee research agency Karian and Box and The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at Kings College London, has found that while employers broadly support home-working, a false sense of flexibility prevails where there is actually a lack of more targeted employee support.The report, which surveyed ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Investigo supports staff wellbeing with core-office-hours trial
Exclusive: UK recruitment agency, Investigo, has this week begun a trial to give office-based employees the ability to choose a flexible-working pattern, as long as they are available between core hours.The trial gives employees the option to work for three days in the office between 10am and 4pm, and decide ...
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ArticleStress-related absence rocketed in 2020
Research by absence management provider e-days has revealed a shocking rise in the number of stress-related sickness days during 2020.According to the research, there was a 113% rise in stress sickness days when figures before and after the Covid-19 (coronavirus) were compared.As well as this headline figure, the data also ...
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ArticleHealth and wellbeing benefits boost SME productivity
Research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today (9 April) revealed that when small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) invest in health and wellbeing benefits it has a noticeable improvement in employee productivity.According to the study, three in five (60%) SMEs polled said that investing in health and wellbeing ...
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ArticleHome workers offered canine communications boost
Photo credit: Paws in WorkSomething for the weekend: Is your workforce suffering from the dog days of lockdown lethargy? Has life begun to feel little more than the tired work-from-home routine of logging on, catching up, logging off - and repeat? Perhaps your communications need some pawsitive energy.Fret no more. ...
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Article43% of employers with wellbeing initiatives report 'very good' productivity
The health of employees and the British economy is dependent on employers spending much more of their benefits budgets on wellbeing initiatives, according to new report.Coping after covid, produced by Westfield Health, interviewed 1,600 employees and HR leaders. It revealed that 43% of HR managers with wellbeing programmes in place ...
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ArticlePWC reveals flexible working 'Deal' for employees
Professional services firm PWC will now let all staff in its network choose what times they work best, as well as allowing them to decide whether they do so in a blended (part-home, part-office) way permanently.The company's so-called ‘Deal’ is the result of staff consultation. It gives employees an ‘empowered’ ...
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ArticleAkzoNobel wellbeing month delivers 110 events
Dutch paints and coatings business AkzoNobel has just completed a month’s worth of health and wellbeing initiatives, which saw it squeeze in 110 different activities during March.The organisation's ‘Wellfest’ month was specifically designed to support the health, wellness and happiness of employees and their families in recognition of the fact ...
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ArticleWomen reveal lack of menopause support at work
Research published today (31 March) has highlighted the lack of menopause support women receive as they struggle to stay in work while experiencing symptoms.According to the Driving the change: menopause and the workplace report, not only is help sporadic but also poor in quality, with 76% of respondents calling for ...
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ArticleDechert offers all staff paid leave for Covid-19 jab
Global law firm Dechert has announced it will give paid leave to all employees getting their Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccination.The decision, circulated in an internal memo, revealed that staff can book up to eight hours off to get their jabs or use this time off if they have short-term side effects. ...
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ArticleEmployees embrace al-fresco working
Something for the weekend: With the clocks going forward an hour this Sunday (28 March), the promise of long balmy evenings beckons. But now it seems employees are springing into the season with a desire to be outdoors and embracing al-fresco working.A poll of 1,000 UK adults has found that ...
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OpinionKavitha’s keynote: A year of home working
This week marked the one-year anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown and, for many employees, it was also the first anniversary of their unexpected shift to full-time home working.While there is no doubt the pandemic has presented numerous challenges for employers – largely due to the very sudden need to ...
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ArticleCitigroup introduces wellbeing focused ‘Zoom-Free Fridays’
Investment bank Citigroup has introduced ‘Zoom-free Fridays’ to prevent staff suffering from burnout and to allow them to better manage their work-life balance.In a internal memo sent to its 200,000+ staff on Monday, the company's new CEO Jane Fraser wrote: “The blurring of lines between home and work and the ...
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ArticleEmployees embrace their year working from home
New data marking the one-year anniversary of the UK going into lockdown has revealed that, among civil servants at least, home working has been embraced.The research by pollster Opinium for SAP found that 57% of civil servants questioned said they now had a better work-life balance, while nearly half (49%) ...
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ArticleEmployee wellbeing findings a ‘wake-up call’ for action
Joint research by YuLife and YouGov has revealed the deleterious impact on employee wellbeing and mental health from a year of lockdown.With at-home staff reporting feeling ‘always-on’ and having to juggle caring commitments, the study showed nearly a quarter of workers (22%) simply do not take any breaks at all ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Taking time out to boost morale
As we reported earlier this week, managed transport and accommodation group CMAC will be hosting a number of employee wellbeing events as part of its ‘Time Out Week’ from Monday (22 March) to boost morale among its workforce.By offering sessions including virtual yoga, cocktail-making classes and online learning, the organisation ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Shortcut AS highlights the importance of human communication
Employee Benefits Insights 2021: Astrid Sundberg, chief HR officer and mobile app developer at Shortcut AS, discussed 'How to connect with employees during difficult times' during her presentation at the virtual event.In her address yesterday (17 March), Sundberg spoke about the importance of written communication, messenger tools, people analytics software ...