All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 122
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AnalysisCan volunteering days and CSR initiatives have a positive impact on employee wellbeing?
Need to know:Employers have recognised they need to be responding to the enhanced sense of community engagement that has come out of the pandemic, and so interest in implementing volunteering policies and supporting volunteering has been increasing.The mass shift to home working last year, however, meant many conventional face-to-face or ...
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Case StudiesNewcastle Building Society recognises the impact staff volunteering has on wellbeing
The mass transition to home working in March last year forced Newcastle Building Society completely to re-evaluate how its 1,300 employees volunteered and engaged with their local communities, explains strategic people partner Erin Mulligan.“Community is really central to us; it is a big part of our purpose. As a business ...
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OpinionGemma Sharp: Volunteering opportunities help to improve employee wellbeing
Over the past 18 months employee wellbeing has played an increasingly prominent role for employers and this is something we have seen translate into the employee volunteering space too. At a time when people are feeling isolated and disconnected, volunteering offers employees the chance to give something back in an ...
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Article41% of employers list pensions as a perk
Despite being a legal requirement, only 41% of employers listed pensions as a perk that potential employees can expect if their application is successful.Communications provider Moneypenny analysed 1,000 job advertisements on Indeed.com to discover the most popular and unique benefits on offer, as well as the industries that boast the ...
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ArticleAmey and Mace launch staff menopause app
Infrastructure and services business Amey has combined forces with construction company Mace to launch an app to support women going through the menopause.According to both organisations, the move is part of a wider joint strategy to drive gender equality and diversity in the workplace and to show the construction industry ...
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ArticleTop companies shamed for minimum wage failings
John Lewis, The Body Shop International, Enterprise Rent-a-Car UK and Pret A Manger are some of the 191 companies named and shamed by the government this week for failing to pay their workers the national minimum wage (NMW).An investigation by HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) found that a total of ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 30 July - 5 August 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 July – 5 August 2021 were: Bumble introduces new paid leave policiesHow has the hybrid working trend impacted benefit and reward strategies?The Queen Elizabeth Hospital launches menopause policiesThe benefits of office bestiesConfessions: Candid ticks the boxNext store staff bring equal pay ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Saving for the future
More than half (55%) of respondents to a new survey said that the pandemic had made them more aware of the importance of saving for the future, highlighting a positive shift in people’s attitudes towards their finances.The findings from Cushon, which we reported on earlier this week, showed 62% of ...
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ArticleBack to bad habits in the workplace
Something for the weekend: Are you longing to return to the office? Well, think again as it may not live up to your expectations. One aspect of workplace life that many employees seem to have forgotten about during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic lockdowns are the bad habits of some of ...
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Article58% of hospitality employers increased their benefits
New data has found that more than half (58%) of businesses in the hospitality industry have increased their benefits package in the past year.The first quarterly Caterer.com hospitality hiring insider report, which gathered the views of 250 hospitality employers and 2,000 consumers, highlighted how the sector has boosted employee benefits ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Global Marine Group adapts reward strategy to support staff wellbeing during pandemic
?tynanbarton · Global Marine Group/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Paul Rose, director of HR and talent at Global Marine Group, talks to Employee Benefits about how the organisation adapted its reward strategy to place a high focus on employee wellbeing, especially during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Rose explains that the offshore engineering orgnisation ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Global Marine Group
The benefits offered to UK employees at Global Marine Group:PensionA group personal pension (GPP) for all employees with matched contributions at 7.5%.Closed defined benefit (DB) scheme.Healthcare and group riskPrivate medical insurance (PMI) scheme with Axa PPP, employer-funded for all employees.Health cash plan for all employees with Medicash, employee paid.Employee assistance ...
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Article16% of workers think their mental health is supported
New data has revealed that only 16% of UK employees feel their mental health is very well supported at work, despite 81% wanting their organisation to encourage good mental wellbeing.Healthcare top-up provider Lime has published a report entitled Keeping up appearances: how ‘pleasanteeism’ is eroding resilience, which found that 42% ...
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OpinionSam Jardine: Why employers should offer staff mental health support
With Covid-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions easing, employees up and down the country are gearing up again for a return to the office.However, after working from home for months on end and with underlying anxieties surrounding the pandemic understandably still present, our HR team has considered how we can better equip colleagues ...
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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 ...