All Editorial articles – Page 36
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Article29% of employers concerned about staff wellbeing during Covid-19
Just under one-third (29%) of small businesses are concerned that the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is having a negative affect on the wellbeing of their employees, according to research by Worklife.The research, published September 2020, that surveyed 750 senior financial and HR decision-makers in the UK with 5 - 250 employees, ...
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Supplier articleBloomberg Podcast: Working From Home Ultimately Hurts Businesses
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares a big push to get workers back into office buildings, Dan Vahdat, CEO of digital health and therapeutics company Huma, joins Daybreak Europe’s Roger Hearing to discuss the disconnect between some employers and workers on heading back into offices. Click here ...
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AnalysisWhat long-term health and wellbeing lessons can employers learn from the Covid-19 pandemic?
Need to know:Greater awareness of mental health problems associated with Covid-19 (Coronavirus) will make employers and employees more comfortable to discuss this area of health.The pandemic could drive health and wellbeing benefit redesign, with greaterfocus on prevention, digital services and personalisation.Organisations are seeking more frequent feedback from employees to better ...
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Supplier articlePost-lockdown anxiety – a real ‘thing’ or all in our heads?
A big congratulations to each and every one of us – we’ve managed to get through the last few months of life in lockdown. The restrictions are now easing, life is starting to return to some sort of normality and you can finally get to the hairdressers to get that ...
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Supplier articleOvercoming the challenge of communicating with a dispersed workforce
Whether employees were working on-site or remotely following the start of COVID-19, companies were in need of better strategies for communicating with, connecting and recognising their employees. While many businesses struggled, some used this challenging time as an opportunity to grow connections amongst their dispersed work forces.At the start of ...
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Supplier articleSantander shares insight on building a ‘truly inclusive’ organisation
Diversity and inclusion are increasingly prominent in business strategies but there remains a world of difference between meeting the mandate set by law and being a truly inclusive company.Santander UK places a high value on diversity and inclusion and has invested significant time and resources into this area of employee ...
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Supplier articleTravel Accounts: How missed holidays in 2020 will impact productivity
Holidays are the focal point of almost all employees’ lives, they give us the chance to relax and unwind, recover and recharge. However, 2020 has wreaked havoc on our plans, and for many made a holiday away from home and impossible dream.Unfortunately, the implications of this are more severe than ...
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Supplier articleExploring 5 benefits of digital employee recognition
With the onset of COVID-19 forcing the majority of the global workforce into remote work, companies are finding that their old methods of recognising, connecting and supporting employees are no longer effective. As morale waivers amidst the uncertainty in the world, it is more important than ever for employees to ...
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Supplier article6 Tips to Get Back to Fitness After Lockdown
Some of us took our fitness to the next level during lockdown while some of us have seen personal fitness sink to the bottom of our priority list for understandable reasons. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the power of good health. Here are some ...
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Supplier articleIdeas for retailers to improve employee engagement during times of change
When the global pandemic began, companies scrambled to find quick ways to communicate important information to their dispersed work forces. As offices, stores and businesses were closing, more employees were working from home and the uncertainty in the world decreased employee morale.Fortunately, this wasn’t the case for Dunelm, a high-volume ...
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Supplier articleNew research on how businesses and employees are planning their return to work
With the recession as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that businesses are able to return to normal operations as quickly as possible. While many organisations have functioned effectively during lockdown, few have been able to operate at full capacity. While there will be a continued role ...
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Supplier articlePost viral fatigue for COVID-19 survivors
You contracted COVID-19, but weren’t ill enough to need hospitalisation. You battled through the acute stages of the illness yourself, and now your temperature is back to normal and your cough has subsided. You’ve started feeling better, but it’s a few weeks down the line and you’re still finding it ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: The New Normal & What That Means for Work
Over the last few months, businesses have needed to manage the curve-balls that have been thrown their way. It has been a period of great learning for many, with business owners, managers and employees forced to review how they operate.Managing the stress and anxiety that comes alongside these changes has ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Why Cycling to Work Beats Your Gym Membership
Expensive contracts, annoying machine hoggers and exercise classes held at the wrong times – these are all part of your average gym membership.However, the outbreak of the corona-virus and the subsequent lock down has showed people across the country that you no longer need to be a member of your ...
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Supplier articleRegister for Xexec and Colt Webinar: How Recognition programmes must evolve to meet changing circumstances.
Xexec will be hosting the next of its series of Expert Webinars and we’re delighted to invite you to join on Tuesday 8th September 2020 at 11:30AM. The next one will be hosted by Jamie King, Director, Global Rewards at Xexec together with a special guest, Ann Cain, Global Mobility ...
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ArticleAirbnb extends remote working policy until August 2021
Travel business Airbnb has extended its remote working policy until August 2021 to support the health and wellbeing of its 6,300 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Despite its offices reopening this month, the organisation has given its workforce the flexibility to choose whether they would like to return to the ...
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Supplier articleLooking ahead at the future of HR
Welcome back to our last blog in our series: Shaping the new vision for HR. In parts one and two, we explored how the role of HR may change in a post-pandemic world, and insight into what HR's top priorities for the workplace will be. In our last post, we'll ...
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OpinionAmber Clayton: The pandemic’s impact on employee voluntary benefits
Covid-19 is disrupting economies and affecting household incomes and mental health alike. With these conditions in mind employers are taking necessary measures to maintain existing talent and ensure both employer and employee can endure. Changing household circumstances have resulted in financial, legal, and dependent care issues, as well as taking ...
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Supplier articlePrioritising mental health as employees return to the office
Gympass is proud to put its name to a letter published in The Times (August 25, 2020) that pledges to prioritise mental health as employees return to work and the office after the long lock down. Mind, the mental health charity, surveyed 16,000 people during lock down and found that ...