All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 131
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Supplier article9 workplace trends impacting employee experience in 2021
COVID-19, like most of us, isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Even if the global pandemic magically disappeared overnight, there’s no magic reset button that brings us back to our previous ways of working. In fact, the sentiment amongst most Brits is that it’s worth ditching our old-school ways of ...
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Supplier articleInvesting in your people is good for everyone’s health
Properly investing in employee wellbeing is more important than it has ever been. The last year has seen both employers and employees needing to adapt and be responsive in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home, balancing caring commitments, experiencing minimal socialisation and facing either ...
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Supplier articleThe Neuroscience of Gratitude
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, Benefex.Building closer bonds with other people is a core survival mechanism for us humans. Looking back to the ‘tribe and fire’ history of human life on earth, we can see how much we’ve always needed other people to survive. Gratitude plays a huge part in ...
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ArticleWomen twice as likely to quit due to caring responsibilities
New research from Vodafone - released to coincide with the introduction of its new global parental leave policy - has found that women are more than twice as likely than men to quit their jobs because of caring responsibilities.The finding, revealed in the telecommunications company's Lost connections: supporting carers in ...
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ArticleGerald Eve offers menopause and fertility support
Property advisory business Gerald Eve has become the first firm in the sector to offer its staff the ‘Peppy’ support service.Peppy – an app-based healthcare and wellbeing provision delivered on smartphones – helps guide employees through challenging times, such as the menopause, fertility issues and parenthood.Services provided via the app ...
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Supplier article10 Random Ways To Pay It Forward COVID-19
Many of us are struggling to adjust to the ‘new normal’ during these challenging times. We must remember to be kind to ourselves and others, research shows that helping others is good for our mental health, reduces stress, and improves our overall wellbeing.It is vital to remember that kindness breeds ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Less than half of UK firms have a wellbeing strategy
Despite being nearly a year into lockdown, less than half of businesses (44%) have a wellbeing strategy in place, according to Aon research exclusively shared with www.employeebenefits.co.uk.The study polled 332 employee benefits and rewards specialists for the company's UK benefits and trends survey 2021 and found that only a minority ...
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Supplier articleNew Cars are Crucial for Employee Engagement
With the government releasing their roadmap out of lockdown, many workplaces will find themselves preparing to return to the office. As an employer, you should consider the best and safest way for your workforce to make the journey to your workplace.If your employees drive to work, it’s important you think ...
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Supplier articleWhat You Need To Know About Cycling To Work
Since the introduction of the government’s cycle to work scheme in 1999, there has been a vast increase in the number of people who cycle to work in Britain.With the government releasing a roadmap out of lockdown, more people will be preparing to move back to the office. This means ...
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Supplier articleReport shows employee mental health taking a big hit during COVID and calls for employers to do more
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing huge challenges for employers as their staff report widespread feelings of enhanced stress, anxiety, and depression. This is according to research commissioned and published by SilverCloud Health in its 2021 Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing Report. A third-party research firm surveyed 1,288 ...
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ArticleAcas calls for paid vaccine time off
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) is calling on employers to give their staff paid time off when they have Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccinations.In new advice, Acas wants organisations to provide the right level of support – which it said includes paid time off for staff to attend vaccination appointments ...
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ArticleStaff feel disconnected from group protection
Research by Legal and General has found significant levels of employee disconnect with group protection, with only 16% of those polled believing employee assistance programme (EAPs) are very relevant to their health needs.Data – compiled after polling more than 1,000 UK workers with access to income protection, critical illness cover ...
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ArticleWorkers did £24 billion in unpaid overtime during 2020
Number crunching by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed the extent to which Britons have put in unpaid overtime since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The data – released to coincide with Work Your Proper Hours Day today (26 February) – found that more than three million people ...
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ArticleWall's finds happiness more valued than pay
Something for the weekend: “My boss told me to have a good day. So I went home.” It’s an old joke but one employers might be heeding after Wall's research revealed that 78% of people believe happiness and wellbeing should be prioritised over money.The global survey of 12,500 people by ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Flexible working is good for business
Earlier this week, we reported that HSBC is planning to drastically cut back on its office space – by 40% globally – in a move towards more permanent flexible working arrangements.Brought about “by a very different style of working post-Covid than we had before”, other banks have announced similar measures ...
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ArticleA third of over-50s have seen pay cuts
New research by SunLife suggests it has been the over-50s who have suffered significant pay cuts since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic began.A poll conducted by the organisation among 1,051 respondents aged 50-plus revealed 30% had seen their hours or salaries cut; 25% had been furloughed, and one-in-10 had lost their ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Brunel University to discuss making benefits engaging without breaking the bank
EXCLUSIVE: Hazel Robinson, associate director of HR, head of reward and wellbeing at Brunel University, London, is to address how employers can make the most of their benefits and rewards packages without it costing the earth in a Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ravaged world.Speaking at Employee Benefits Insights 2021, an online series ...
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Supplier articleHow to improve support for employees with invisible disabilities
In the UK, 1 in 5 people have a disability, of which 80% are classed as an invisible disability.1 This means that there is a possibility that someone you work with will be impacted. The trouble is you might not know. Either that, or you – or the employee concerned ...
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OpinionDr Carolyn Axtell: Remote working requires regular wellbeing conversations
As a result of restrictions during the pandemic, more people are working from home and are using online meeting platforms to collaborate with others. There are some efficiencies and benefits related to this way of working as people don’t have to travel between meeting rooms and can flip from meeting ...