All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 112
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Case StudiesFox Agency adapts perks to hybrid working model
Business-to-business marketing firm Fox Agency has a main office in Leeds and a satellite one in London, but switched to remote working once the first lockdown was imposed.Despite initial concerns, the business has now adapted to remote working and is planning to adapt a hybrid model going forward. Al Fox, ...
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AnalysisHow has the hybrid working trend impacted benefit and reward strategies?
Need to know:The future of work is likely to be made up of a mix of office and home working.This is having an impact on what benefits employers offer.How employers communicate with staff will also need to change in a hybrid model.The potential for most employees to work from home ...
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ArticleThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital launches menopause policy
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, UK has launched a new menopause initiative as part of its staff wellness programme.The Norfolk-based hospital made the decision to state that it is a menopause-friendly employer in its job adverts and aims to be a national leader in the NHS for menopause ...
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ArticleBumble introduces new paid leave policies
Dating app Bumble has announced it will give all of its employees a minimum of six months' paid leave for the birth, adoption or surrogacy of a child.Workers will be able to take at least 12 weeks' leave a year to take care of a family member and caregivers will ...
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ArticleWalkers Transport launches four-day working week
Haulage firm Walkers Transport has launched a four-day working week for its drivers, which aims to give them greater flexibility and more quality time with their families.The haulier, which has depots in Leeds, Manchester and Fradley, is making the option of a four-day Monday to Friday working week available to ...
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ArticleUPAC Group moves to four-day working week
Food and drink industry packaging supplier UPAC Group has introduced a four-day working week while still allowing employees to keep a full salary and holiday entitlement.The Glasgow, UK-based business has made the switch after a two-month trial, which showed no drop in productivity and a decrease in stress levels. As ...
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ArticleRedcar and Cleveland Council starts blended working
Redcar and Cleveland Council has adopted a blended working approach for staff following the relaxation of remaining Covid-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions in England.The working model will be introduced as a result of 55% of the council’s more than 2,000 staff continuing to work from home for at least some of the ...
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ArticleThe benefits of office besties
Something for the weekend: As International Friendship Day arrives (30 July) there’ll be many a home worker fondly remembering all the good times they had with their office bestie before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ripped them apart and consigned them to a solitary life of working from home.No one can ...
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Supplier articleIs benefits fairness really so important?
Matt Williamson is accelerating family support in the workplace with Bubble, a platform enabling employers to better support working parents with access to amazing childcare, family health and wellbeing support.When chatting to employers who are thinking about implementing Bubble childcare support for their working parents, I'm often asked about 'benefit ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 45% want recognition for their wellbeing
Almost half of UK employees at small and medium sized enterprises (SME) said that recognition for work well done is among their top requirements for wellbeing in the workplace.Financial services provider Legal and General looked at what workplace wellbeing really means to 1,055 SME employees in its Wellbeing at Work ...
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ArticlePublicis Groupe UK launches family policies
Communications organisation Publicis Groupe UK has implemented family-centered workplace policies for its employees spanning maternity, paternity and shared parental leave, as well as adoption, surrogacy, fertility and pregnancy loss.The introduction of these will be supported by a training and education program aimed at employees and managers. They are the latest ...
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Supplier articleCreating a return to work plan that works for all employees
Return to work, return to the office, return to ‘the new normal’ - whatever it is that you may be calling it, many industries are undergoing changes as the world makes its way into post-pandemic day-to-day life.While your employees have undoubtedly been hard at work throughout this entire pandemic, any ...
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ArticleDr Zofia Bajorek: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
As the country continues its pathway out of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown, conversations have invariably turned to what a return to the workplace will look like, and what this means both in terms of the flexible working agenda and employee health and wellbeing. Some have labelled these last 18 months ...
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ArticleDavid Wood: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
Earlier in the year we asked our people for their feedback on how they'd found homeworking and their thoughts on what a return to the office could look like for them. Most people had really appreciated having the ability to work from home, and many said that they felt just ...
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ArticleSarah Way: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
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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ArticleArken Legal implements four-day working week
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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Supplier articlePitfalls to avoid when implementing hybrid working change
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 ...
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OpinionLaura Jackson: How can employees ease back into the workplace?
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 ...
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Article38% feel wellbeing support improves productivity
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 ...
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ArticleCrawford & Company introduces smart working
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 ...