All Editorial articles – Page 42
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Supplier articleGympass commits to racial equality by signing the Race at Work Charter
Gympass has signed up to the Race at Work Charter, an initiative designed to improve outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees in the UK. Spearheaded by Business in the Community (BITC) in partnership with the government, The Business in the Community Race Equality Campaign has three key ...
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ArticleMelanie Astbury: How have employers supported their staff during the pandemic?
The pandemic transformed our entire operation almost instantly. Within a few short days, our in-house team was working entirely from home and our warehouse team was adapting operational output.Our key concerns during this time were to safeguard the livelihoods of our teams; ensure our business remained operational and maintain the ...
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ArticleJen Faichney: How have employers supported their staff during the pandemic?
Covid-19 has thrown all sorts of challenges at HR departments. From the practicalities of helping people adapt to home working, where this is feasible, to distilling government and agency health advice; all at a time when individuals and their families have been facing considerable worries and stresses about the future.For ...
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ArticleNatasha Hill: How have employers supported their staff during the pandemic?
The term staff welfare has never meant so much. The last three months have challenged business leaders to think creatively about how to support their teams across a number of different dimensions. At Bottle, we have categorised our support in terms of emotional, mental, practical and, because culture is important ...
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Supplier article3 insights on connecting employees in times of crisis
Employee engagement may not have been a priority for your leadership team before COVID-19, but if it’s snuck up the list, it's likely because it's a matter of business survival.Whist leaders might not be labelling their crisis response plan as an 'employee engagement strategy,' in the midst of uncertainty, we’ve ...
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Supplier articleHow to Reward Using Flexible Benefits During COVID-19
While there has been a collective effort across the UK to slow the spread of corona virus, there has also been a national effort to keep the economy going too. Staff everywhere have pulled together to help their business through these difficult times. Staff who have been furloughed have shown ...
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ArticleAmazon rewards front-line employees with appreciation bonus
Amazon is to pay an appreciation bonus to its employees worldwide to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All front-line employees and partners who worked at the business during June 2020 will be eligible.Full-time employees will receive a $500 (£407) bonus, part-time Amazon employees will receive a ...
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Supplier articleMen & mental health: Expert diagnosis and actions plans from a distance
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing, Generali UK Employee BenefitsDue to the constraints of the pandemic, the use of technology to provide mental health support is key. And never more so that for your male employees, for whom confidential, immediate access, support services could literally provide a ...
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Case StudiesColt Technology Services introduces wide-ranging support initiatives for employees
At the start of the global Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, telecommunications firm Colt Technology Services launched a range of initiatives to support its 5,000 employees. The organisation quickly realised that it had within its means ways of assisting its employees through a hugely challenging time.Rob Green, vice president of reward, says: ...
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ArticleThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation rewards 4,600 hospital workers with Covid-19 bonus
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) will reward all nurses, doctors and members of cleaning staff with a special payment for working on the front-line in Covid-19 (Coronavirus) wards.The reward will be for all workers across all hospitals in Greece, with the appreciation payment totalling $7.5 million (£6.8 million).The payment will ...
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Supplier articleHow Cycling Can Help Employees Manage Mental Health
Even with the current easing of lock down, it’s still hugely important to look after our health and well-being. Many experts agree that exercise is beneficial to mental health, and cycling is an excellent way to fit it into your daily routine.Life is more stressful than usual at the moment, ...
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Supplier articleBest tips for engaging Millennial and Gen Z employees
Millennial employees often get a bad rap for being ‘entitled’, ‘lazy’, ‘job-hoppers’ who would rather waste money on avocado toast than save for a house. Meanwhile, Gen Z are often labelled as ‘socially awkward’ and ‘technology-dependent’. As much as the stereotypes are inaccurate and unhelpful, one thing that shouldn’t be ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of recognition in times of crisis
By Kylie Terrell, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward GatewayThe world has changed. Over the past few months, many of our offices have been stripped of those organic “wow” moments that happen when people are working face-to-face. The hallway high five, the cheers, or (my personal favourite), the sound of a ...
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Case StudiesSevern Trent Water focuses on health and wellbeing benefits during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
Water supplier Severn Trent Water is putting the health and wellbeing of its 6,786 employees at the forefront of its strategy during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation has a digital GP service in place, but did not want to see the usage of this service rise, and looked at preventive ...
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AnalysisHow do digital GP services fit in a health and wellbeing strategy?
Need to know:Digital GPs complement other health and wellbeing benefits such as physiotherapy, employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and mental health programmes.Employees may wish to speak to a virtual GP before they use additional health and wellbeing support benefits.Encouraging the use of digital GP services could reduce absence levels, increase productivity ...
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OpinionDr Holly Blake: Remote healthcare options for employees are rapidly expanding
Britain’s employers lose over £81 billion each year to sickness absence, according to Vitality's Britain’s Healthiest Workplace report, published in April 2019. This can be crippling to businesses in ‘normal’ times, but the unprecedented spread of Coronavirus has brought this into even greater focus.Coupled with an increase in remote working ...
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ArticleLaing O'Rourke returns 8,000 employees to full pay
Construction organisation Laing O'Rourke will return all of its employees to full pay and full working hours, after introducing cost reducing measures during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The salaries and hours of 8,000 employees were cut by 20%, while senior management and board directors received a 30% reduction in pay and ...
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Supplier article6 tips to foster a company culture of inclusivity
Think about it, if we all had the same experiences, opinions and skill sets, the world would be a boring place and we’d achieve very little. It’s individuality that makes up an eclectic team of people in any innovative team, group or organisation.When different minds come together to achieve a ...
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ArticleUniversity of Cambridge introduces 10% voluntary pay reduction scheme
The University of Cambridge has introduced measures to deal with the financial ramifications of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) including a voluntary pay reduction scheme for senior university staff.The council agreed to introduce a voluntary temporary pay reduction scheme for six months. This would be effective for university staff whose salary exceeds £100,000. ...
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Jennifer Hill: Making a return to the workplace
As lockdown is relaxed throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus), employers need to plan carefully for employees’ return to the workplace to accommodate for effective communication, wellbeing, and healthcare.Crucially, employees should continue to work from home if they can, and employers should take all reasonable steps to help employees to do so.Employers ...