All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 126
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ArticlePernod Ricard appoints new CHRO
Pernod Ricard North America has promoted Lani Montoya to chief human resources (HR) officer.Montoya has spent the past 10 years with the drinks company, holding various senior HR roles. She has previously been its director of global talent management (based in Paris) and more recently was director, global talent management, ...
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ArticleBank of America increases junior banker pay
Bank of America is to give its junior bankers globally a pay boost of $10,000 (£7,290) per year and will offer them wellbeing conversations.The move is in response to a sharp rise in deal activity and comes in the face of increased competition from rival banks, which has seen Credit ...
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ArticleCall to action launched for living wage
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, has published a Call to action: Better business through better wages, demanding companies take greater steps to pay a living wage to their staff.The group, which seeks to make trade more sustainable, launched the scheme to encourage organisations and their suppliers to take action. So ...
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Supplier articleHow To Help Staff With ‘Return To Work Anxiety’
After over a year of dealing with seemingly relentless lockdowns, the end is in sight.The worries that we have had over the past 12 months have included anxiety, fatigue, and work stress, all of which have soared as a result of the incredible changes to people’s lives in all domains ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Financial awareness is paramount
The pandemic has thrown many people’s finances into disarray, with some finding themselves unexpectedly being made redundant, while others at the end of their careers may be having to delay their retirement to save more money.While everyone’s situation is different, in these trying times what has become increasingly apparent is ...
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ArticleHealth and wellbeing benefits boost SME productivity
Research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today (9 April) revealed that when small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) invest in health and wellbeing benefits it has a noticeable improvement in employee productivity.According to the study, three in five (60%) SMEs polled said that investing in health and wellbeing ...
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ArticleHome workers offered canine communications boost
Photo credit: Paws in WorkSomething for the weekend: Is your workforce suffering from the dog days of lockdown lethargy? Has life begun to feel little more than the tired work-from-home routine of logging on, catching up, logging off - and repeat? Perhaps your communications need some pawsitive energy.Fret no more. ...
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Supplier articleEmployee-centred design within HR policy
As more and more employers realise the importance of designing experiences at work with the needs of the employee at the centre, we are starting to understand the potential contribution HR and company policy can have on wellbeing and employee performance. To explore this further, I had some conversations with ...
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Article43% of employers with wellbeing initiatives report 'very good' productivity
The health of employees and the British economy is dependent on employers spending much more of their benefits budgets on wellbeing initiatives, according to new report.Coping after covid, produced by Westfield Health, interviewed 1,600 employees and HR leaders. It revealed that 43% of HR managers with wellbeing programmes in place ...
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Supplier articleCompanies that give Richer Sounds & Employee Ownership
Richer Sounds is a UK retailer with 52 stores nationwide that sell a range of Hi-Fi, home cinema, and TV equipment. Julian Richer, founder of the company has built a reputation for quality customer service and has long been an advocate for treating staff well and intends to reward his ...
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Supplier articleTime to revisit and recharge your mental health armoury
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsEmployees in the UK are at a particularly low ebb right now. In fact, the working population is currently as distressed as the ‘most distressed’ one per cent of working Britons, prior to 2020, according to Morneau ...
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Supplier articleWhat is the MotorSave employee benefit scheme?
The last year has been like nothing most have ever witnessed. Almost overnight, all of the news was about the coronavirus, shelves in supermarkets were emptied and the number of cars on the roads dwindled.With lockdown restrictions easing soon and the government’s roadmap to normality being announced, it won’t be ...
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Supplier articleNew report reveals how a year of Covid-19 has seen employees embrace stress management
More than a third of people opted for mental health support when they checked in to the Gympass platform There was a switch from anxiety support to stress management over the year With the spotlight on health, Gympass saw increases in physical activity for ...
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ArticleFlexible working hubs to be offered to civil servants
A national network of ‘hybrid offices’ is to be set up for civil servants to allow them to work more flexibly.Whitehall has signed a deal with serviced offices firm IWG to create 10 different co-working spaces across the UK for staff to use when not in London.According to The Telegraph ...
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AnalysisTop tips to help employees create a healthy home office
Need to know:Feelings of stress and anxiety around underperformance can arise without the cues an office environment provides.Boundary setting is essential to prevent burnout and overwhelm.Employees have a responsibility to share concerns as soon as possible rather than let problems fester.It’s been one year since the first lockdown but millions ...
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OpinionAbi Frederick and Paul Norris: Employers have a duty to support home workers
Employers have a duty to take steps that are reasonably necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of homeworkers. The risks include feelings of isolation, a lack of supervision, issues arising from prolonged use of display screen equipment, working long hours and taking inadequate breaks. Employers need to ...
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Case StudiesWattbike helps employees stay healthy with home health initiatives
Indoor cycling brand Wattbike is based in Nottingham and employs 75 people, 25 of whom were taken on during the first lockdown.Since that time the business has focused on making teams feel connected, looking after their health and welfare and making it as easy as possible for staff to adapt ...
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ArticlePWC reveals flexible working 'Deal' for employees
Professional services firm PWC will now let all staff in its network choose what times they work best, as well as allowing them to decide whether they do so in a blended (part-home, part-office) way permanently.The company's so-called ‘Deal’ is the result of staff consultation. It gives employees an ‘empowered’ ...
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ArticleVolvo unveils global paid parental leave policy
Volvo Cars has today (1 April) announced the global roll out of its brand new ‘Family Bond’ paid parental leave policy after a successful pilot of the scheme in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.The policy – an all gender-neutral, paid parental leave of 24 weeks at 80% pay – ...
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ArticleAkzoNobel wellbeing month delivers 110 events
Dutch paints and coatings business AkzoNobel has just completed a month’s worth of health and wellbeing initiatives, which saw it squeeze in 110 different activities during March.The organisation's ‘Wellfest’ month was specifically designed to support the health, wellness and happiness of employees and their families in recognition of the fact ...