All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 100
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Case StudiesFlexible working patterns help Crawford and Company manage staff health and wellbeing
Crawford and Company is an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions with offices around the world. In the UK, it employs 1,450 people in claims handling roles.Pre-pandemic, around 70% of its workforce was office-based with the remainder working remotely. “The world has changed post-pandemic,” says Lisa Bartlett, president, ...
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AnalysisHow can employers address presenteeism and leavism in the workplace?
Need to know:Presenteeism and leavism are common: 84% of employers observed presenteeism during 2020 while 70% saw instances of leavism.Blurred boundaries between home and work coupled with concerns about financial security exacerbated issues around presenteeism and leavism.Good corporate culture, strong leadership and a focus on health and wellbeing can help ...
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OpinionDr Christine Grant and Professor Gail Kinman: How can employers address presenteeism among a virtual workforce?
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has presented organisations with a major challenge regarding how they manage and stabilise their staffing resources. Many organisations are experiencing considerable uncertainty during the post-pandemic recovery phase and there are concerns about retention of key staff as individuals re-evaluate their working and personal lives. The move to remote ...
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Supplier articleWhy employee cancer risk and prevention should feature in wellbeing programmes
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits UK cancer treatment and diagnosis services are in crisis in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused around three million people to miss routine screening appointments in the first six months and discouraged many more ...
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ArticleCharlton Morris launches four-day week
Leeds-based specialist search firm Charlton Morris has introduced a four-day week for its 93 employees and additional consultants based all over the UK.The recruitment business decided to implement the change for its current and future workforce as part of its wider package following a successful six-month trial in order to ...
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ArticleLuxtripper gives staff unlimited holiday
Luxury travel operator Luxtripper has announced that it is now offering unlimited holidays and the ability to work anywhere in the world for its 100-plus members of staff based across the UK and India.According to the business, which plans to increase its employee headcount by up to 50% in the ...
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Article62% of staff said employers took interest in wellbeing
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of UK employees still working from home said their employer has taken a genuine interest in their wellbeing and mental health during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.A total of 2,000 adults were surveyed for financial services business Canada Life’s research, which revealed that 63% found remote working has ...
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ArticleThe Employee Benefits Awards returns next week
The countdown to the eagerly anticipated Employee Benefits Awards 2021, in association with Aon, has almost come to an end, as the 19th annual event is set to take place next week.The awards is returning to an in-person ceremony on Friday 12 November, after last year’s took place online due ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 29 October – 4 November 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 29 October – 4 November 2021 were: Kellogg's provides paid leave for fertility treatmentLifting the lid on working lunch choicesEXCLUSIVE: 36% of employers offer no fertility support Stephenson Harwood offers electric cars to staffPoll: 33% of employers to consider menopause policies34% of ...
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Supplier articleWhy a broad health and wellbeing benefits provision is so important
We all know that looking after our health and wellbeing is important, but with so much information and so many methods out there – it can get confusing.Another thing to keep in mind is that one size doesn’t fit all. Your different employees will require different approaches to support them.As ...
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Article19% of staff want workplace mental health support
New research has highlighted that one in five workers (19%) would be more likely to consider working for an organisation if it offers dedicated mental health support.An independent survey of 1,000 office-based workers, carried out on behalf of third workspace facilitator Reef App, explored which perks would be most appealing ...
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Article69% of HR leaders struggle to improve employee experience
New data has revealed that 69% of HR leaders admit that their efforts to improve employee experience are being prevented by a lack of a clear strategy.Benefex, the employee benefit provider behind employee experience platform OneHub, published the white paper Employee experience in the new world of work based on ...
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OpinionSophie Wahba: What can employers do to manage stress in the workplace?
Managing the mental wellbeing of employees is a matter of growing concern for many business owners, as the stress of the last 18 months has taken its toll on the workforce.A 2020 Perkbox survey called The 2020 UK workplace stress survey suggests that an astonishing 79% of British adults commonly ...
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ArticlePoll: 33% of employers to consider menopause policies
Employee Benefits poll: One-third (33%) of organisations are considering introducing menopause or pregnancy loss policies for their employees.According to Employee Benefits’ latest research, 29% of employers confirmed that they have recently launched initiatives relating to these issues, while 38% said they have not done this.The poll follows many UK businesses ...
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Article83% of employers have a hybrid working model
New research has revealed that 83% of businesses are now offering a hybrid working model to all employees.London-based recruitment firm Totum Partners found that 50% have a company-wide hybrid working policy in place, while the other half have published guidelines that can be interpreted by location or each individual. One-third ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 36% of employers offer no fertility support
More than a third of UK businesses have no plans to offer fertility support to their employees, despite growing recognition of its benefits.Research from Peppy, the digital health and wellbeing platform, showed that 36% of employers do not provide this support and have no plans to do so in the ...
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ArticleKellogg’s provides paid leave for fertility treatment
Kellogg’s is to offer support, including paid leave and manager training, for staff experiencing menopause, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss.The cereal giant, which employs 1,500 people in the UK, has launched a raft of measures to “break the silence” on issues often avoided in workplace conversations.Staff experiencing the menopause at ...
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Supplier articleThe new age of flexible benefits
By Lee Thompson, Head of Solutions Delivery at Reward GatewayAs the world around us changes, many of my peers are entering a new world of hybrid, or even fully remote, work, yet they still have the same (lack of) technology when it comes to their working life, particularly when it ...
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ArticleLifting the lid on working lunch choices
Something for the weekend: For many of us, a working lunch for the past year and a half has meant little more than ambling to the kitchen to grab a snack (and then repeating at regular intervals). But, as more people return to the office, research has lifted the Tupperware ...
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Supplier articleHow empathy can lead to employee retention
Leadership styles in business vary from one to the next, but one character trait that is steadily becoming essential in the modern workplace, especially since COVID-19, is empathy. It’s the importance of taking into consideration how your actions or inaction affect those around you, and in business, this is fundamental ...