All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 109

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    Greene King supports staff with financial hardship fund

    2021-08-24T05:00:45Z

    UK pub retailer and brewer Greene King currently employs around 40,000 people across 2,700 pubs, support centres and breweries.In March 2020, when the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic struck and pubs were forced to close, more than 99% of Greene King team members were furloughed. The employer introduced a Team Member Support ...

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    Data finds HR employees have good work-life balance

    2021-08-23T11:54:35Z

    Human resources employees have reported one of the highest scores for work-life balance, according to figures on job review website Glassdoor.A survey of how staff rate their employers on Glassdoor, conducted on behalf of digital marketing agency Reboot Digital PR, revealed that the information technology sector (IT) has the highest ...

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    Sacked mortgage adviser awarded £23,000

    2021-08-20T10:15:41Z

    A high-performing mortgage adviser has been awarded £23,000 for wrongful dismissal after her employer sacked her for “always moaning”.Helen McMahon was dismissed two days after complaining about how hard she worked and how she was working up to 48 hours a week at Heron Financial Limited in Rickmansworth.An employment tribunal ...

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    49% of employers have new benefits since pandemic

    2021-08-20T09:37:44Z

    Nearly half of employers (49%) in the UK and Ireland have introduced new workplace benefits since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in a bid to maintain staff morale and help employees adapt to new hybrid working structures, according to a report by HR specialist Zellis.The Employee benefits: five ...

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    Mercer and Hole offers staff extra bank holiday break

    2021-08-19T10:40:13Z

    Employees at accountants Mercer and Hole have been given an extra day off on 27 August in recognition of their hard work and commitment to the firm and its clients.The 233 members of staff across the company’s offices in London, St Albans, Rickmansworth and Milton Keynes will enjoy a four-day ...

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    Jobseekers' most sought after perks ranked

    2021-08-19T10:18:29Z

    New research by outsourced receptionist firm Moneypenny has revealed the most sought after perks among jobseekers, including which they consider to be mandatory and non-mandatory, and what importance they attach to them.The survey of 1,000 job hunters found that leading the league table for those benefits deemed mandatory came sick ...

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    Conversations on hybrid working aren’t working says CEO

    2021-08-19T08:21:00Z

    In the great return to office many possibilities and pitfalls remain. According to CEO and Founder of Bubble, Ari Last, “too much discussion surrounding hybrid working is fixated on where the employee is going to be physically, instead of how we as leaders intend to keep people’s ...

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    Survey: Work-Life Imbalance Threatens Return To Office

    2021-08-18T10:50:00Z

    For UK companies grappling with severe labor shortages, inadequate family support is proving harmful to both parents and employers. At the onset of the summer holiday break, we collected feedback from the experts in this area - working parents. Roughly 1 in 4 entered into the holiday ...

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    Kier motorway workers in sick-pay protest

    2021-08-18T09:58:31Z

    Motorway workers employed by construction and infrastructure firm, Kier, will today hold a protest rally at its Bedfordshire headquarters to raise awareness about non-standard levels of sick pay being offered within the organisation.The on-the-ground field-based staff, who provide a 24/7 service to ensure the roads of Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire ...

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    Employers still failing to offer financial education

    2021-08-18T08:00:46Z

    New research has suggested employers are still not doing enough to help staff navigate their finances.According to a poll by Wealth at Work, even after the effects of jobs losses and furlough, a significant 41% of organisations are still failing to offer employees any support to enable them to better ...

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    68% of employers consider pay cuts for home workers

    2021-08-17T08:00:14Z

    A new survey by HR software provider CIPHR has found that more than two-thirds (68%) of employers are now debating whether to implement pay cuts for home workers.According to the research, even though around half (53%) of organisations have actually saved money by not having employees attend the workplace, there ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: 39% of employers support mental health

    2021-08-16T08:00:41Z

    New research has revealed that fewer than four in 10 UK organisations believe they adequately support mental health for modern-day purposes.The findings from global professional services organisation Aon were compiled from the views of 100 UK and 700 global businesses. It identified the resilience of organisational workforces, which were assessed ...

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    Community Integrated Care allows four-day working week

    2021-08-13T09:45:59Z

    Social care charity Community Integrated Care has introduced a four-day working week for its more than 300 employees.The plan, which started this month (August), allows head office and support function staff to condense their normal working hours into four days rather than five, choosing either the Monday or Friday as ...

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    71% of workers value other perks over pensions

    2021-08-13T08:20:16Z

    Almost three-quarters (71%) of UK workers value office drinks, travel schemes, flexible hours and other perks over pensions, according to new data.Research from e-bike subscription service Dash Rides and Sapio with 2,013 UK workers showed that despite this, employees still rate a pension provision in their top four benefits, along ...

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    20% of employers offer no support for ill staff

    2021-08-13T08:10:53Z

    New research has revealed that one in five employers do not offer any form of support for newly injured, ill or disabled staff.Research undertaken on behalf of Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk protection sector found that of the four in five who do offer ...

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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets in training

    2021-08-13T08:00:56Z

    It is not often that the organisation development (OD) team do something I admire. Most of the time it suggests pointless activities rather than helpful training, making us categorise the workforce by competency or by ‘high potential’.OD programmes are all so depressing. I mean, if you are not categorised as ...

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    Women lose 9.3 work days a year due to PMS

    2021-08-13T08:00:21Z

    The stigma surrounding days off due to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) causes women to lose an average of 9.3 days a year as a result of related symptoms, according to new data.Personalised period care organisation Yoppie conducted a nationwide obstetrics and gynaecology study into productivity loss due to menstrual-related symptoms, which ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 6 August - 12 August 2021

    2021-08-13T08:00:14Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 6 August – 12 August 2021 were: Amey and Mace launch staff menopause appBack to bad habits in the workplaceGreat Western Railway boosts drivers' starting salariesTop companies shamed for minimum wage failingsEmployment tribunals citing menopause quadruples41% of employers list pensions as a ...

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    More employees want Fridays off than Mondays

    2021-08-13T08:00:13Z

    Something for the weekend: Ever fancied having Fridays off work on a regular basis? Or maybe you'd prefer to have Mondays off to enjoy a post-weekend lie-in? Either way, you may soon have the opportunity to take your pick.Flexibility in terms of employees' working hours has become more commonplace following ...