All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 127
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Supplier articleWhat is work-life balance for your employees and how can you spot if they are having problems?
Work-life balance is a topic that is being discussed in organisations across the globe as employees wrestle with the changing COVID workplace and lines between home and work being more blurred than ever before. How much do you know about work-life balance and could you spot the ...
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Supplier articleHow to avoid ‘Zoom Fatigue’
With the introduction of mandatory work from home orders over the last year, work-life is completely overhauled for many of us. Thanks to modern technology, working from home has been possible and most of our daily responsibilities can be carried out virtually. This is true for team meetings that can ...
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Supplier articleWebinar: Nailing your Recognition
Have a listen to my discussion of the psychology of workplace recognition. Our resident experts – Lauren Goldgrub, GM of Recognition, and myself, Director of Employee Wellbeing – share our insights into the science that’s driven our OneHub | Recognition platform. In this special edition webinar to ...
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ArticleEmployees embrace al-fresco working
Something for the weekend: With the clocks going forward an hour this Sunday (28 March), the promise of long balmy evenings beckons. But now it seems employees are springing into the season with a desire to be outdoors and embracing al-fresco working.A poll of 1,000 UK adults has found that ...
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OpinionKavitha’s keynote: A year of home working
This week marked the one-year anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown and, for many employees, it was also the first anniversary of their unexpected shift to full-time home working.While there is no doubt the pandemic has presented numerous challenges for employers – largely due to the very sudden need to ...
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ArticleMental health challenge for 70% of young employees
Younger generations want their employers to focus far more on the mental health challenge they are facing, according to new research by social purpose strategy firm Purpose Union.The study dramatically revealed the impact the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had on employee wellbeing, with seven in 10 (70%) of millennials and ...
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Supplier articleLaunching global benefits technology in APAC
Launching an employee benefits platform in multiple territories can be daunting, but it can also pay off, big time! We spoke to Tatiana Beidar who, during her time at Salesforce, implemented a brand-new benefits platform across several regions with huge success.“When looking at any new technology or initiative or process, ...
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Article42% of leisure workers would hide mental health issues
As many as 42% of leisure workers would not be honest with their employer about the need to take time off for a mental health issue, a national study has revealed.The Workforce state of mind survey 2021, which polled 1,140 individuals and employers across 81 organisations in the fitness and ...
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ArticleNationwide allows permanent working from home
Nationwide Building Society has announced that all of its 13,000 office staff will be allowed to work remotely – even after restrictions urging people to do so are eased.The move means it has become one of the largest employers to formally introduce permanent working from home.In a statement, the organisation ...
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ArticleOne-fifth of managers want to quit from Covid-19 burnout
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is not just taking its toll on frontline employees; managers are suffering burnout too, with new data showing it is forcing many to the point of wanting to quit.Research from Benenden Health has found nearly two-thirds of managers have experienced burnout during the past 12 months, with more ...
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Supplier articleWhy you should choose Each Person as your employee of the month scheme
Most progressive companies have an employee recognition scheme in place, and employee of the month is arguably the easiest to implement within a rewards and recognition scheme. This being said, there are still companies that don't have an effective nomination scheme in place.So why should you choose Each Person to ...
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Supplier articleCentralising employee engagement initiatives through technology to boost benefits, recognition and wellbeing uptake
Employee benefits are a great way to provide extra financial support for your employees and show them you’re invested in them, but without the proper technology in place, organisations frequently see low benefits uptake. When benefits aren’t centralised and are difficult to access, employees won’t take the initiative to use ...
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ArticleCitigroup introduces wellbeing focused ‘Zoom-Free Fridays’
Investment bank Citigroup has introduced ‘Zoom-free Fridays’ to prevent staff suffering from burnout and to allow them to better manage their work-life balance.In a internal memo sent to its 200,000+ staff on Monday, the company's new CEO Jane Fraser wrote: “The blurring of lines between home and work and the ...
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ArticleCovid-19 causes one in five employees over 65s to delay retirement
The impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continues unabated, with research by Close Brothers today (24 February) revealing it has already forced many older workers into delaying their retirement plans.According to the study, the past year has highlighted the fragilities of many people’s finances. As a result, it found nearly ...
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ArticleEmployees embrace their year working from home
New data marking the one-year anniversary of the UK going into lockdown has revealed that, among civil servants at least, home working has been embraced.The research by pollster Opinium for SAP found that 57% of civil servants questioned said they now had a better work-life balance, while nearly half (49%) ...
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Case Studies
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Case StudiesWe are Adam supports health of employees with a cash plan
Digital recruitment consultancy We Are Adam has offices in Manchester and London, and looks after the health of its 12 members of staff with the provision of a health cash plan through Medicash.Leanne Scaletta, operations director, says: “We have always offered private [medical insurance] but found that very few employees ...
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AnalysisHas the role of health cash plans changed during the pandemic?
Need to know:The use of online counselling, virtual GP services and employee assistance programmes (EAPs) has soared since the start of the pandemic.Health cash plan providers are offering claim period extensions and payment holidays to help employees.The importance of providing all-round health support, as cash plans do, has become ever-more ...
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ArticleTUC demands coronavirus jab sick pay
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is urging more employers to give staff paid time off if they fall unwell after having their Covid-19 (Coronavirus) jab.With more adults of working age now starting to receive their jabs, a new poll by the TUC among more than 1,000 firms found only 45% ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems outlines placing mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategies
Employee Benefits Insights 2021: The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the need for robust mental health strategies, explained Claire Walsh, health, wellbeing and injury prevention manager for BAE Systems.In the closing keynote address to the Employee Benefits Insight 2021 virtual event, Walsh told delegates: “If we consider the ...