All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 120
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Case StudiesFrank Recruitment Group retains and engages employees with wellbeing measures
IT recruiter Frank Recruitment Group started out in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2006, and now operates across more than 20 offices in nine countries, employing 1,800 people.The business has historically provided a wide range of staff benefits, including workplace pensions, life insurance and gym memberships, as well as all-inclusive holidays ...
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AnalysisCould an economic pick-up lead to a new benefits approach that retains and engages staff?
Need to know:The UK economy is growing strongly, causing concern about staff retention.Benefits around company culture, flexible working, health and choice are likely to be in demand.There are some quick wins that could help make an immediate impact.News that the UK economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 2.1% in March, coupled ...
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ArticleCentrica offers reproductive health and fertility testing for employees
Centrica has announced that its is providing employees with reproductive health and fertility support by partnering with reproductive healthcare benefits provider Fertifa.Centrica will be offering its 18,500 UK and Ireland-based employees’ the health support as a workplace benefit.Staff who work across Centrica’s British Gas, Bord Gais Energy, Centrica Business Solutions, ...
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Supplier articleMental health in the workplace: improving culture and promoting openness
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsMental health affects everything we do. And it can be influenced by any number of factors – not least how we feel about our work. According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), 17.9 million working days ...
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ArticleArup unveils hybrid model to offer employees work flexibility
Engineering and design company Arup has announced a new hybrid model, known as Work Unbound, that will offer its staff more flexibility in how and where they work.The model will allow the firm’s 6,000 UK employees to work flexible hours over the course of Monday to Sunday, with the option ...
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ArticleTribunal awards temp worker holiday pay accrued on furlough
An employment tribunal has found a recruitment agency withheld holiday pay from a temporary worker while she was on furlough.The worker, Miss K Healy, claimed that temporary work agency Start People, which employed her, did not pay holiday pay that had been accrued while she was on furlough between March ...
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Supplier articleA new way to promote physical and mental wellbeing in the workplace
Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders… There are a lot of different ambassador roles and qualifications for wellbeing in the workplace. On 27th May we are hosting a free taster session to introduce a new approach to creating strong health and wellbeing ambassadors for your workplace.The Wellbeing B.U.D.I.E.S Programme is ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of employers offer enhanced maternity pay
Enhanced maternity pay is offered by almost two-thirds of organisations, with almost the same proportion providing paternity pay that is more generous than statutory requirements. However, only a quarter offer enhanced shared parental pay.A survey by XpertHR of 375 organisations that collectively employ almost one million staff found that the ...
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ArticleAbel & Cole offers employees paid leave for miscarriages
Organic grocery retailer Abel & Cole has announced it will be offering all members of staff two weeks of paid leave if they, or their partner, suffer a pregnancy loss.The paid leave policy will also be available to employees in the event of miscarriage, abortion and ectopic or molar pregnancies.According ...
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ArticleHR teams miss workplace kitchen chats
Something for the weekend: Have you been longing for those watercooler conversations, days out with office pals, and gossipy lunches with your office bestie to return? New research has found HR teams are most likely to be missing workplace kitchen chats as employees continue to work from home during the ...
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Article31% of UK women believe they have a good work-life balance
New research has revealed that just 31% of UK-based women believe they have a good work-life balance - a fall from 71% before the pandemic.Deloitte Global conducted a survey, entitled Women @ work: a global outlook, among 5,000 women in 10 countries - including 500 working in the UK - ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 13 May – 20 May 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 13 May – 20 May 2021 were: Get paid £1,000 to test bottomless brunchesDaisy Hooper: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?Modibodi offers leave for menstruation, menopause and miscarriagesClare Fletcher: Should employees cut pay for staff who ...
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Supplier article4 ways employers can support remote employee mental health
I began my Reward Gateway journey about one year ago. I was inspired by Reward Gateway’s mission to make the world a better place to work and excited to learn about a new industry and working with new people.Then, just a few weeks after starting a new role in a ...
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Supplier articleCombatting employee loneliness through employee recognition
Almost three years ago, Benefex began writing about the growing importance of community and social wellbeing at work. Before the Covid-19 pandemic forcibly separated us from our colleagues and community an even more important part of the employee experience, workplace loneliness was at worryingly high levels. More than half of ...
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ArticleHallam introduces compassionate leave for miscarriages
Digital marketing agency Hallam has offered five days of compassionate leave for both female and male employees in the event of a miscarriage.The policy includes paid leave for any associated or follow-up medical appointments and fertility treatment, as well as two days of paid leave when menstruation returns afterwards.The provision ...
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Article25% of employees would accept pay cut for four-day week
Research by office designers MoreySmith has revealed that one in four employees would move to working a four-day week even if their wages were reduced by one-fifth.The survey of 1,017 UK adults in full or part-time work focused on asking about people’s expectations of work, following 14 months of Covid-19 ...
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ArticleHargreaves Lansdown launches menstruation and menopause policy
Financial services organisation Hargreaves Lansdown has announced the launch of its first menstruation and menopause policy.The company's new policy aims to raise awareness and understanding, outline the support available and allow colleagues to openly and comfortably instigate conversations about menstruation and the menopause.Employees can find out what potential menstruation and ...
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OpinionVictoria von Wachter: Employers need to be vigilant of the symptoms of long Covid
Long Covid refers to symptoms of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) that persist for weeks or even months, in excess of 12 weeks according to the health watchdog National Insititute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). Latest figures suggest that one in five people who test positive for Covid-19 continue to experience symptoms ...
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ArticleWates Group offers 4,000 staff mental health training
Construction, property services and residential development company Wates Group is offering its 4,000 employees training in building personal resilience to boost mental health and wellbeing.The business-wide programme, named ‘Bouncing Back’, will begin in June and aims to provide staff with strategies to help to build a resilience toolkit of approaches ...
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Supplier articleHow to engage dispersed retail employees with innovative benefits
Engaging a dispersed workforce was a familiar challenge for Sofology, one of the UK’s leading sofa retailers with over 1,200 colleagues across 47 stores and a primary HQ. As the business experienced tremendous growth since its founding, the team needed to find a reliable platform to manage and promote colleague ...