All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 128

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    Launching global benefits technology in APAC

    2021-03-25T17:01:50Z

    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, ...

  • Nearly half of fitness and active leisure employees would hide mental health issues from bosses
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    42% of leisure workers would hide mental health issues

    2021-03-25T10:30:02Z

    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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    Nationwide allows permanent working from home

    2021-03-25T10:06:10Z

    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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    One-fifth of managers want to quit from Covid-19 burnout

    2021-03-25T09:19:00Z

    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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    Why you should choose Each Person as your employee of the month scheme

    2021-03-25T08:30:54Z

    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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    Centralising employee engagement initiatives through technology to boost benefits, recognition and wellbeing uptake

    2021-03-25T08:30:06Z

    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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    Citigroup introduces wellbeing focused ‘Zoom-Free Fridays’

    2021-03-24T09:12:05Z

    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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    Covid-19 causes one in five employees over 65s to delay retirement

    2021-03-24T06:00:13Z

    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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    Employees embrace their year working from home

    2021-03-23T10:37:33Z

    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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    Infographic: Employee health in the headlines

    2021-03-23T06:00:45Z

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    We are Adam supports health of employees with a cash plan

    2021-03-23T06:00:12Z

    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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    Has the role of health cash plans changed during the pandemic?

    2021-03-23T06:00:10Z

    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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    TUC demands coronavirus jab sick pay

    2021-03-22T10:37:41Z

    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% ...

  • EXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems demonstrates how to place mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategies
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    EXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems outlines placing mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategies

    2021-03-22T09:19:10Z

    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 ...

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    Helping employees build good mental health into their daily lives

    2021-03-19T16:06:00Z

    In mental health as with physical health the mantra of prevention being better than cure is fitting. Maintaining good, healthy habits and routines can make a huge difference to how we feel and can help us all stay well and help prevent mental health worries turning into ...

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    Employee wellbeing findings a ‘wake-up call’ for action

    2021-03-19T10:56:20Z

    Joint research by YuLife and YouGov has revealed the deleterious impact on employee wellbeing and mental health from a year of lockdown.With at-home staff reporting feeling ‘always-on’ and having to juggle caring commitments, the study showed nearly a quarter of workers (22%) simply do not take any breaks at all ...

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    EVs and ULEVs: How employee benefits can help take petrol cars off the road

    2021-03-19T08:30:14Z

    Sustainability. It’s a word we’re all hearing more of, and an issue that’s becoming more urgent with each passing year. While large corporations around the world strive to reduce their carbon footprint and make their products and materials more eco-friendly, individual Reward teams might think that they can't make a ...

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    Time to send employees to sleep?

    2021-03-19T06:00:24Z

    Something for the weekend: The arrival of World Sleep Day today (19 March) cannot have come too soon for many of us, as the nation struggles with lockdown lack of sleep thanks to the stress of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), remote working and a lack of routine.Now new research by sleep experts ...

  • EXCLUSIVE: BT disccuses what reward will look like in a post-Covid world
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    EXCLUSIVE: BT discusses what reward will look like in a post-Covid world

    2021-03-19T06:00:11Z

    Employee Benefits Insights 2021: Megan O’Shaughnessy, head of reward at BT, detailed the "growing importance of flexible reward strategies post-Covid" at the online event.O’Shaughnessy acknowledged that many organisations may not be in a position to offer traditional reward levers such as pay rises, bonuses or long-term incentive plans as a ...