All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 112

  • Sarah-Way
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    Sarah Way: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?

    2021-07-29T05:00:25Z

    While Herrco Cosmetics has employees working in the factory producing essential goods, we also have a number of employees working from home. Working from home has been our norm for years, and so having teams working in a hybrid way wasn’t unfamiliar to us when the pandemic hit. Having the ...

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    Arken Legal implements four-day working week

    2021-07-28T09:41:07Z

    Digital estate planning solutions business Arken Legal has introduced a four-day working week for full-time employees following a trial that lasted nine months.Since October 2020, all full-time employees, with the exception of two members of staff who take a different day to ensure cover, have had Fridays off. The trial ...

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    Pitfalls to avoid when implementing hybrid working change

    2021-07-28T07:30:43Z

    This has been a very overwhelming year for us all. Though there is a light in the tunnel, employee burnout is now more insidious than ever. As the pandemic has shown, a rigid work culture and pressure to work long hours is enough to push even those working remotely to ...

  • Laura-Jackson
    Opinion

    Laura Jackson: How can employees ease back into the workplace?

    2021-07-28T05:00:24Z

    As Freedom Day' (19 July) has now passed, many employers are beginning to consider long-term plans for their workforce. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has introduced remarkable shifts in peoples’ lives, including their working styles. It feels like every week the news reports another large corporate announcing plans to introduce hybrid ...

  • One in ten employers don't believe in supporting employee wellbeing
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    38% feel wellbeing support improves productivity

    2021-07-27T09:43:39Z

    Over a third (38%) of people who have been working from home throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic feel wellbeing support has increased their productivity.A study by health insurance and wellbeing solutions provider Westfield Health asked 1,500 people across the UK about their future work plans and wellbeing needs in order ...

  • Crawford
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    Crawford & Company introduces smart working

    2021-07-27T08:00:49Z

    Claims management and outsourcing solutions provider Crawford & Company has implemented a smart working programme across its UK operations.Crawford Smarter Working is an initiative which introduces a new way of agile working at the firm, as employees in the UK will now be able to choose the location from which ...

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    Midlands Academies Trust signs Mindful Employer Charter

    2021-07-26T09:52:57Z

    The Midland Academies Trust, which supports schools in Nuneaton and Earl Shilton in England, has signed the Mindful Employer Charter as part of its commitment to support its employees’ mental wellbeing.Established in 2004 by the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, the Mindful Employer Charter is a UK-wide initiative that provides organisations ...

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    How inclusive is your wellbeing offering really?

    2021-07-26T07:30:13Z

    The wellbeing sector might cater to single, young people, but on the employers’ side this demographic makes up just one portion of the workforce. Particularly as staff transition back into the office, more nuanced support for high needs groups will have a resounding impact on the success of hybrid working ...

  • Hymans-Robertson
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    Hymans Robertson introduces hybrid working

    2021-07-23T10:34:24Z

    Hymans Robertson has offered all its employees the opportunity to work in a hybrid way following the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The pensions and financial services consultancy’s new approach will allow all 1,000 staff to choose from a mixture of remote and office working. It was developed after extensive consultation with employees ...

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    75% of employees want hybrid working model

    2021-07-23T08:44:53Z

    New data has revealed that three-quarters of UK employees in industries where working from home is possible want a hybrid working model.Commissioned by London-based startup YuLife, a YouGov survey of more than 2,000 British adults looked into workplace wellbeing, employees’ expectations from employers, and the future of work. It found ...

  • Employee benefits offering
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    44% of employers to review benefits offering

    2021-07-22T08:00:23Z

    Almost half of employers may need to review their current benefits offering following the move towards greater remote and home working as a result of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employee benefits consultancy Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing surveyed more than 200 senior HR professionals from a range of public, private, and ...

  • Evolved-Search
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    Evolved Search trials four-day working week

    2021-07-21T08:02:29Z

    Newcastle, UK-based marketing agency Evolved Search has introduced a four-day working week as part of a six-month trial.According to the agency, the move is a result of employees now having a better work-life balance while working from home, which in turn has had a positive impact on client results and ...

  • 25% of employers have seen valued staff leave their jobs due to lack of mental health support
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    24% wanted more mental health support in lockdowns

    2021-07-20T11:38:13Z

    Almost a quarter of employees said that they would have liked more mental health support from their employer during the various lockdowns, according to new research.A survey conducted by property developer Cert Property, owner of Manchester-based Hilton House and Duke and Parr in Liverpool, found that 35% of respondents felt ...

  • Thrive
    Analysis

    How can Covid-19 benefits survive and thrive in the long term?

    2021-07-20T08:14:31Z

    Need to know:Benefits have evolved during the pandemic, with the initial care packages morphing into more structured benefits propositions. But what will we keep and what will fade away?For the employers that can offer it, flexible working is here to stay. The genie’s out the bottle and employers should realise ...

  • Rebecca-Florisson
    Opinion

    Rebecca Florisson: Reward packages must be tailored to employees' needs post pandemic

    2021-07-20T05:00:38Z

    As the Government’s guidance to work from home draws to a close, workers are not queuing up to get back into the office. Recent evidence published by the Office for National Statistics in June 2021, shows that the majority of those who worked remotely during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic (85%) ...

  • Essex-CC
    Case Studies

    How Essex County Council is reimagining benefits post-pandemic

    2021-07-20T05:00:05Z

    Essex County Council is thinking hard about what benefits look like after the pandemic, concentrating its efforts on flexible working and wellbeing for its employees.Pam Parkes, Essex County Council’s director of organisational development and people, says: “I think there is going to be more structured hybrid working, which is what ...

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    How listening to music can help wellbeing at work

    2021-07-16T13:12:58Z

    It is becoming more and more apparent that wellbeing at work is intrinsic to an individual's personal and professional life. After the pandemic, workplace wellbeing has been headline news, with more companies paying attention to what their people want and need. A study by Quinyx, a Workforce Management solution company, ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 9 July - 15 July 2021

    2021-07-16T08:00:22Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 July – 15 July 2021 were: Linklaters rolls out staff wellbeing appPlant some wellbeing in the officeHow can employers promote the value of their online benefits schemes?Kathryn Evans: Can employers ask staff to return to the workplace after restrictions are lifted?61% ...

  • Kavitha
    Article

    Kavitha’s keynote: Flexible working requests to rise

    2021-07-16T08:00:17Z

    Findings from The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) earlier this week revealed that more than half of British employers are expecting more flexible working requests post-pandemic, with roughly the same percentage anticipating an increase in hybrid working.Since so many employees having become accustomed to home working during the past ...

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    Creating space spaces at work for LGBTQ+ employees

    2021-07-16T07:40:00Z

    Gethin Nadin – Director, Employee Wellbeing – Benefex To create safer spaces in the workplace, we must first acknowledge that there is still a problem with the way we treat people from marginalised and minority groups. This is a hard pill to swallow, but it is undoubtedly ...