All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 92
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Keeping up energy levels throughout the day
It can be difficult to maintain energy throughout the day and people often reach for unhealthy snacks to boost it. Consuming large quantities of sugar can give you a temporary sugar high, which results in an energy crash once the effects of the sugar have worn off. Eating the wrong ...
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How to step up your fitness routine for summer
Summer will be here soon and with it holiday season. Sometimes we need a push or incentive to help us to be more physically active, and a holiday abroad can be the perfect opportunity to do so! However, exercising shouldn’t solely happen once a year when you want to look ...
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Employee recognition for every budget
Recognising your employees and rewarding them for their hard work and achievements is essential to ensure you build and maintain a positive, engaged and motivated workforce. However, when it comes to recognition, this doesn’t have to come at a great expense to your company. In fact, some of the simplest ...
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Supplier articleUK Employee Benefits Watch 2018 Report
Thomsons Online Benefits’ latest UK Employee Benefits Watch 2018 report explores the critical role that benefits play in creating the ultimate connection with employees.Download the report to:Uncover the critical elements of a market leading UK benefits strategyFind out how UK employers have created a connected benefits ecosystem that allows them ...
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How to maintain a healthy diet at work
When busy at work, a healthy diet can become a bit of an afterthought. A balanced diet is essential as your body needs proper nutrition to function properly. The nutrients in food can help repair cellular damage, fuel your body with vitamins and minerals, promote a healthy immune system and ...
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Protecting employees from mental health adversity
Anxiety and depression has hit a record high amongst workers in the UK with one in six currently experiencing some form of mental health problem. This can have a big impact on businesses with more than 12.5 million working days lost in 2016/17 due to work-related stress, depression and anxiety ...
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Supplier articleLooking to change Childcare Voucher providers? Here’s what to know
By Cat Wright, Product Manager Having a Childcare Voucher scheme in place is a great way to put more money in the pocket for the parents who are working in your company. Childcare Vouchers can be used to pay for childcare and save parents up to £933 a year each ...
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Supplier articleFour small steps to create better connections with your employees
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications ManagerSocial media has undoubtedly changed the way people interact. It’s made it easier for people to stay connected and gather information like never before. When it comes to internal communications, the right technology can help you better connect with your employees and increase employee engagement.I’ll ...
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Supplier articleDon't let bad technology hurt your employee benefits uptake
By Lucy Tallick, Head of Wellbeing Once seen as a niche, Cycle to Work schemes are offered by 53,500 employers and used by 500,000 employees across the UK. And, while I’m writing this, our Cycle to Work scheme has saved employees £4,821,000 – directly saving employers £2,218,000. Whilst these numbers ...
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Talking mental health
It’s a subject that could affect us all at one point in our lives – one in four of us will experience a mental health issue in any given year[1] – and one that has gathered a great deal of interest in the media and from the Government in recent ...
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The importance of re-evaluating your fitness goal
If you exercise on a regular basis and have set yourself a fitness goal, then you need to be assessing your progress against it on a regular basis. Your body will get used to doing the same exercises every day and eventually it will stop working as hard, therefore you ...
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The impact of recognition on employee wellbeing
Promoting employee wellbeing is one of the key focuses of many HR departments, and for good reason. It is reported that workplaces in the UK lose up to 27 days of productive time per employee per year due to high stress and other wellbeing issues. With productivity loss predicted to ...
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The benefits of exercising when pregnant
Exercising during pregnancy can provide multiple benefits including preventing type 2 diabetes, minimising weight gain and preparing you for labour and delivery. The NHS states “the more active and fit you are during pregnancy, the easier it will be for you to adapt to your changing shape and weight gain.”Boosts ...
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The benefits of exercising as a family
Getting children interested in exercise can be difficult and establishing healthy habits in early life are vital. Being physically active as a family can be not only beneficial for children but parents too.Establishes healthy habitsShocking figures have highlighted that there are now 124 million obese children worldwide. Children develop habits ...
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Reducing absenteeism in the workplace
Sickness absence costs UK businesses an estimated £29 billion each year and the average number of days lost per year is 6.3 days. The most common top five causes for long-term absences are stress, acute medical conditions, mental ill health, musculoskeletal injuries and back pain.Employers that invest in workplace health ...
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How to become more active
On Friday 27 April 2018, Get Britain Standing in association with Active Working are asking the nation to unite against prolonged office sitting by taking on the challenge to get on their feet. The On Your Feet Britain Challenge dares you to convert ‘sitting time’ into ‘standing time’.The NHS recommends ...
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Supplier articleHow can customer loyalty schemes create more revenue for retailers?
By Saul MeyerI was recently interviewed by the BBC about the role that customer loyalty schemes are playing in helping retailers to generate additional revenue. This was off the back of a report published this time last year by the British Retail Consortium which looked at a whole range of ...
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Supplier articleWebinar: How to use benefits to connect with your employees
Watch this Thomsons Online Benefits webinar to discover how market-leading employers are using benefits and technology to create the ultimate connection with their employees!Date | Thursday 19th AprilTime | 12pm-1pm BSTSign up to our webinar to discover: What the critical elements of a market-leading UK benefits strategy areHow market-leaders are ...
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Supplier articleSeven mistakes you’re making when you run an employee survey
By Joe Hart, Guest ContributorI’ve worked with dozens of companies who, despite having the best intentions, seem to repeat the same mistakes when it comes to surveying their people.Click here for seven of those mistakes, and how you can avoid them.
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Supplier articleAre great companies just lucky? Four employee engagement lessons to pick up from St Patrick’s Day
By Joy Adan, Content Journalist When we hear stories about award-winning companies who have amazing offices, increasing profits and happy, engaged teams, it’s easy to get a bit green with envy. As we read their success stories, we might think, “Wow, these people are so lucky.”But are great companies and ...