All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 128
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Supplier articleSupporting and Improving Employee Wellbeing: Three Areas to Consider
Most UK workplaces have opened up again, meaning more people are returning to work. With a heightened sense of anxiety over the return back to work, employee wellbeing should be top of the agenda for companies.56% of employers said they would like to do more to improve staff wellbeing but ...
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Supplier articleWhy getting the nutrition, hydration & exercise basics right is good for business
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsWith over a third (35.82%),1 of people globally have gained weight during the pandemic, well-documented return to work anxieties might, for some, be linked more to appearance than anything specifically Covid-19 related. Fortunately, there are some simple, ...
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Article93% of employees with long Covid have been offered support
Almost all full-time employees with long Covid (Coronavirus) have been offered support from their employer as they return to work, according to new data from Canada Life.A total of 37% of survey respondents said they had the ability to access virtual health and wellbeing services, with 32% able to both ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: The benefits of investing in happiness
New research has found that employee happiness has dropped 75% from two years ago, with motivation having fallen by nearly a fifth and anxiety rising by 78%.The study was carried out employee engagement consultancy Inpulse, and its founder and CEO Matt Stephens believes the findings reflect the toll Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...
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ArticleLidl Northern Ireland offers employees paid leave for miscarriages
Lidl Northern Ireland has introduced a new policy to give employees three days of paid compassionate leave following an early pregnancy loss or miscarriage.According to the supermarket, the allowance is available to all staff, regardless of gender, and includes those using a surrogate mother.Additionally, Lidl has extended its compassionate leave ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 4 June – 10 June 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 4 June – 10 June 2021 were: EXCLUSIVE: Invesco completes launch of single technology benefits platformGeneral Electric faces industrial action over pension reformsTesco staff win equal pay battle in European CourtConfessions: Candid discovers the dark arts of commsHave employers placed wellbeing at ...
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Supplier articleHow Xexec helped LV= to support their employees’ financial wellbeing (Case Study)
With more than 1,600 employees, LV= are one of the largest personal insurers in the UK. The LV= HR team wanted to ensure they implemented a discount scheme that provided continuous value to all of their employees. Their main priority was to assist employees in improving their financial wellbeing.Xexec, a ...
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ArticleMint Property Finance launches employee wellbeing initiative
Mint Property Finance has launched a new initiative to promote health and wellbeing for employees at its Cheshire, UK headquarters.The scheme has been designed to support staff both mentally and physically following Covid-19 (Coronavirus). It includes flexible working, regular breakout sessions, access to mental health first aiders and a partnership ...
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ArticleEmployee happiness drops 75% in two years
The happiness of workers has decreased by 75% since 2019, according to new findings from employee engagement consultancy Inpulse.The consultancy took data from 192 employee emotion surveys between 2019 and 2021, with 201,619 respondents taking part.It highlighted that anxiety had shot up by 78% for those who answered surveys exploring ...
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Case StudiesSmarkets adopts hybrid work model to support employee wellbeing
Online betting exchange Smarkets, where users can buy and sell bets on sport and politics, employs 110 employees globally, with 81 based in London.The nature of the business lies in technology, with an ethos to 'put right what is wrong' in the betting industry by employing staff who want their ...
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AnalysisHow can flexible working hours address employee burnout?
Need to know:Communication is of high importance to find out what has and has not worked for employees in terms of flexible working.It is imperative to set clear expectations and principles of flexible working so that employees understand where the flexibility lies.It is just as important to provide training and ...
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OpinionTina Chander: How to use flexible working to combat employee burnout
Burnout - a state of complete exhaustion, physically, mentally and emotionally - is a matter that must be taken seriously. The World Health Organization officially recognises burnout as an issue for employees. Employee burnout is a workplace issue which employers have responsibility to resolve, not an issue for employees to ...
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ArticleUK government plans to launch watchdog for employees’ rights
The UK government has announced that it plans to launch a new workers’ watchdog to protect the rights of UK employees.The responsibilities of the new single body will include tackling modern slavery, enforcing the minimum wage and protecting agency staff, which are currently spread across three different bodies.According to the ...
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ArticleLVMH Group launches financial aid fund
The Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey Group (LVMH) has introduced a fund to provide its workforce with emergency financial aid, as well as social and psychological support.The LVMH Heart Fund is a global assistance programme which was launched on 7 June and is available to the group’s 150,000 employees in more ...
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Article25% say work is bad for their physical or mental wellbeing
New research has revealed that one in four employees believe work is bad for their physical or mental wellbeing at 23% and 25% respectively, a decrease from 26% and 27% in 2020.According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)'s annual Good Work Index, job quality in the UK ...
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Article16% of employees want to contribute more to their workplace pension
A total of 16% of employees plan to increase their workplace pension contributions as a result of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to findings from Close Brothers.The new report, Expecting the unexpected: a spotlight on preparing for a crisis, was compiled based on data from 2,000 UK-based staff at companies ...
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OpinionMichelle Last: The long-term career risks for mothers working from home
Employers need to be realistic about the effects of increased working from home for working mothers in order to maintain and improve on equality gains achieved pre-Covid-19 (Coronavirus).Government guidance that people should work from home over the last year has enabled many families to reduce their reliance on costly childcare ...
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Article28% of employees would reduce salary for flexible working
A new study has found that more than a quarter of employees would be willing to slightly reduce their salary in order to have more flexible working conditions.Enterprise cloud applications company Workday partnered with Yonder Consulting to conduct The employee outlook: understanding employee sentiment and priorities across Europe research, where ...
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Article25% of financial advisers unsure of employer care support
New data has revealed that a quarter of financial advisers and insurance professionals are unsure whether their employer offers support if they need to care for loved ones.In light of Carers Week taking place from 7 to 13 June, a social media poll was carried out by the Chartered Insurance ...
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Case StudiesEmployee wellbeing is a top priority for Assa Abloy
Global leaders in access solutions, Assa Abloy, employs 1,200 people across seven sites in the UK and Ireland. Employee wellbeing has always been important and towards the end of 2019 it was rolling out a series of wellbeing days. “We’d run these at two of our sites and then lockdown ...