All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 108

  • Kate Bell: Government support during Covid-19
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    Kate Bell: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?

    2021-09-09T08:00:10Z

    The past year has changed many of our long-held assumptions about work. For many office workers, home working suddenly became not only possible but a necessity.A light was shone on essential work that had previously been almost invisible, like lorry driving and packing food, and the unacceptable conditions faced by ...

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    Trevor Worth: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?

    2021-09-09T05:00:48Z

    When we introduced the four-day week into our small law practice in 2019 (pre-pandemic days), it brought both challenges and opportunities.As a firm, we try to introduce one major innovation event every year and this was all about striving to improve the much vaunted 'work-life balance', improving our colleagues' home ...

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    Sinead Hall: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?

    2021-09-09T05:00:44Z

    Absolutely; everyone knows the saying don’t knock it until you try it and I certainly think this applies here. Four-day working is proven to lead to happier and more committed people. It may seem difficult as a business to initially implement but my advice would be to certainly try, because ...

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    Dave Newick: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?

    2021-09-09T05:00:42Z

    The simple answer is yes. We had been supportive of the idea for some time, as studies show a four-day week boosts employee work-life balance and lowers burnout without sacrificing productivity, as well as challenging gender inequality and reducing carbon emissions. During the first lockdown, where everyone had to work ...

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    Atradius implements hybrid working model

    2021-09-08T10:11:22Z

    Trade credit insurer Atradius has launched a new hybrid working policy in order for its 412 UK members of staff to work flexibly from home for the long-term future.The move will offer employees the opportunity to operate remotely for up to 40% of the time, allowing a choice of working ...

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    Amex and Citigroup among top family-friendly employers

    2021-09-08T08:00:24Z

    Parents and carers helpline Working Families has announced its twelfth annual list of the top flexible and family-friendly employers in the UK.This year’s top 10 are American Express, Citigroup, Crown Prosecution Service, Grant Thornton, Independent Living Fund Scotland, Welsh Parliament, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Pinsent Masons, Natwest Group ...

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    Andrew Crudge: Should the menopause be included in the Equality Act?

    2021-09-08T05:00:58Z

    There is a strong case to add the menopause as a specific protected characteristic under the Equality Act. As it stands, where an employer discriminates against an employee because of issues relating to the menopause, the employee may possibly have grounds to bring a claim for sex, disability or perhaps ...

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    41% of employees report mental health decline

    2021-09-06T08:15:35Z

    New research has found that 41% of employees reported a mental health decline since the beginning of the first lockdown in March last year.This finding, revealed in Nuffield Health’s recently published Healthier nation index, raises questions about how easily the nation will return to normality as lockdown restrictions ease, as ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis to discuss wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live 2021

    2021-09-06T08:02:41Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Nick Davison, head of wellbeing at department store chain John Lewis, will be speaking about health and wellbeing on Wednesday 6 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Davison will be giving a presentation for the How To Session titled 'Tools to transform employee wellbeing', which will be taking place on ...

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    Excel Esports recruits people and culture manager

    2021-09-03T13:30:55Z

    UK esports organisation Excel Esports has hired Abi Odell as its new people and culture manager.In her role, Odell will be responsible for employees’ performance and development, as well as “creating the best operational processes” to fit Excel’s Power of Better programme. She will be focused on building a culture ...

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    Venture Stream to trial four-day working week

    2021-09-03T08:15:21Z

    Newcastle upon Tyne, UK-based digital marketing agency Venture Stream has announced that it plans to launch a four-day working week for its team of 26 workers beginning 6 September (Monday).According to the agency, whose client portfolio includes Yogamatters, Barbour and Standout, there will be no loss of pay or benefits ...

  • 25% of employers have seen valued staff leave their jobs due to lack of mental health support
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    36% of employers’ mental health support has improved

    2021-09-03T08:05:20Z

    More than a third (36%) of British employers have improved their mental health support for staff since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to new research by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).Acas commissioned YouGov to ask businesses in Britain about whether they had seen a change ...

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    Numis prevents hybrid working staff divide with family support platform

    2021-09-02T13:21:03Z

    In a bid to remain competitive in attracting new talent and retaining staff, many employers are formalising new ways of work and with the hybrid working revolution in full swing, leading investment banking firm, Numis, recognised a need to support its staff with caring and family responsibilities such that hybrid ...

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    32% of British staff work longer hours since Covid-19

    2021-09-02T08:53:17Z

    One in three British employees working from home have been putting in longer hours since the start of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), with the excessive workload creating “unmanageable stress”, according to new research.The seventh edition of health service company Cigna Europe’s Cigna 360° wellbeing survey, which covered 18,043 people aged 18 or ...

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    88% of Scots want to trial a four-day week

    2021-09-02T08:35:36Z

    New research has revealed that 88% of Scottish staff would be willing to take part in trials for a four day working week, currently being set up by Scottish ministers.The think tank IPPR Scotland’s survey, in which 2,203 people aged between 16 and 65 were questioned, also found that 80% ...

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    Aberdeen is the best UK city for work-life balance

    2021-09-01T08:00:33Z

    New data has highlighted that Aberdeen in Scotland is the best UK city for work-life balance, with working hours and commute times under the UK average.UK lending and savings bank Shawbrook Bank carried out the research, which looked at career-orientated metrics to calculate the top places to work in the ...

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    Why eye exams are about way more than sight

    2021-08-31T15:48:02Z

    Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits, asks whether eye exams might become a staple in UK benefit and wellbeing programmes, not only for testing sight but also for early detection of diseaseThey say that “eyes are the windows to the soul” but they ...

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    More death benefits paid in first half of 2021 than all of 2020

    2021-08-31T14:05:43Z

    Research has revealed that dependants of employees with insured employer-sponsored death benefits have received more financial payouts due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in the first half of 2021 than the whole of 2020.Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk sector, also found that nearly 10 million UK ...

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    Nike gives staff week off to support their mental health

    2021-08-31T09:25:57Z

    Head office employees at sports footwear and accessories business Nike have been allowed to take a week off to support their mental health before they return to the office in September.Starting from today and ending on Friday, the organisation has told staff based at is headquarters in Oregon, to “power ...

  • Homecare workers to receive £100,000 in wage settlements
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    Welsh care workers earn less than minimum wage

    2021-08-31T08:15:28Z

    Care workers are earning less than the minimum wage thanks to a loophole in the law that means they are not paid for time travelling between visits, warned the Labour Party.The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has demanded a vote on legislation introduced by Labour’s Liverpool MP Paula Barker that ...