All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 134
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OpinionRanjit Dhindsa: What do employers need to plan for 2021?
It's been said that 2020 was an unprecedented year, but perhaps 2021 will be an even bigger test. Last year, businesses had to deal with the final countdown to Brexit coupled with a pandemic that still continues to plague the world.This year, employers will again need to juggle a number ...
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Case StudiesCase Study – How 87% Helped The Air Ambulance Community Focus On Mental Wellbeing
The air ambulance community is known for its agility and innovation, its willingness to take a problem and solve it. By now, the problem is well known: employees of blue light servicesare some of the greatest at risk of experiencing a range of mental health issues. For ...
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Article100,000 NHS staff now have early access to wages
More than 100,000 NHS staff across seven trusts are now able to have early access to their earned and extra shifts pay, after they joined Allocate Instant Pay by Wagestream.The deal means workers at trusts including Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital and ...
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ArticleEmployers failing to communicate on health and wellbeing
As many as half of employers are still not engaging in the health and wellbeing of their staff, according to a new report by Health Shield.Despite mental health charities indicating employee wellbeing is now reaching crisis levels, the health cash plan provider's study found a substantial 48% of bosses had ...
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Case StudiesMoneypenny designs its health and wellbeing strategy around employee demand
Telephone answering service Moneypenny employs 850 staff at its Wrexham head office and 250 in Atlanta, US. Since launching in 2000, staff health and wellbeing has been its top priority, which is reflected in a healthcare offering based on employee demand.Chief operating officer Ceri Henfrey says: “People have different things ...
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OpinionNick Pahl: Employers should review their approach to health and wellbeing support
Are employers providing the right benefits going forward? It is crucial help is offered to employers so they can shift quickly to offer the correct benefits to maintain employee health and wellbeing.We know the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is having a major impact on how and where we work. Are benefits ...
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AnalysisHow can employers align their healthcare strategies with employee needs?
Need to know:Employee healthcare programmes that try to be all things to all staff may appear generous, but are less likely to be used by employees than a strategic approach that offers the most in-demand benefits.The use of data, including sickness absence data, can help to identify some of the ...
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ArticleCruden Group appoints Joanne Hadwin
Cruden Group, one of Scotland’s largest development and construction groups, has announced the appointment of Joanne Hadwin as group head of HR.Hadwin brings more than 20 years’ experience in human resources to the role, having previously been HR manager at Motherwell Bridge, HR and training manager at Arthur Mckay and ...
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ArticleDon’t withdraw flexible working, report warns
Less than a week after the CIPD launched a campaign demanding staff are given flexible working from day one, a Bright Horizons' report has warned employers face an ‘iceberg of staff discontent’, if flexibility is removed once Covid-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are over.The report - its Modern Families Index - found ...
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Supplier articleNational surveys reinforce need for renewed focus on employee mental health
With two recent government surveys* revealing the impact of the pandemic on mental health, there is no doubt that as we enter another month of lockdown 3.0, mental wellbeing in the workplace should be at the top of the agenda for companies. Companies across the country have ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems to discuss mental health at EB Insights 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Walsh, health, wellbeing and injury prevention manager UK and rest of the world at BAE Systems, will discuss how employers can support employee mental health during times of uncertainty at Employee Benefits Insights 2021.The ‘Placing mental health at the very centre of your wellbeing strategy’ session will be ...
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Supplier articleTips on staying positive in the workplace
Workplace positivity and keeping an optimistic attitude 24/7 hasn’t been easy since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the many challenges business owners and employees have faced over recent months has been maintaining workplace positivity and continuing to have an upbeat positive culture and mindset. With reduced social ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Tailor Your Benefits to a Multi-Generational Workforce
When it comes to employee benefits, it’s never “one-size-fits-all”.In recent years, workforces in the UK are becoming increasingly multi-generational, multi-location and encompassing wider diversity than ever before. This is why it’s vital that you think about the types of benefits you need to offer, as well as how these benefits ...
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Supplier articlePension scams rife almost one year on from when Covid-19 first struck
How to protect pension scheme membersThese uncertain times are often seen as a window of opportunity for scammers looking to prey on vulnerable individuals, with a recent report by Action Fraud finding that pension scams had become one of the most common types of fraud to occur last year. In ...
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ArticleEmployers embrace wellbeing benefits
Group risk industry body Grid has unveiled what it calls an “encouraging increase” in employer-provided wellbeing benefits provision in response to Covid-19 (Coronavirus).In a poll of HR directors, it found 48% now felt they had greater responsibility for the mental health of their staff than they did before the pandemic. ...
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ArticleMinisters to win maternity leave rights
A legal loophole that meant ministers effectively needed to resign to be able to spend time with their newborn child has been addressed, with the announcement of the first reading of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill yesterday.Due to ministers being appointed by the prime minister (PM), they are ...
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ArticleRevolut moves to permanent flexible working
Banking services app provider Revolut has this week confirmed it will permanently move to flexible working arrangements.From now on, the organisation's 2,000+ employees have a choice about when and how often they would like to work from home, and how often they would like to work in an office.Despite 98% ...
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Supplier articleWhy is the Employee Experience so important?
If someone were to ask what drives a business, on the whole, the answer would be customers. Because without customers, there is no business. However, with equal measure, if not greater importance, employees actually make a business, as they are the cogs which in fact make the business tick on ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employer relationships weakened by Covid-19
EXCLUSIVE: Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has permanently changed employer-employee relationships, including employee attitudes to benefits, according to research by MetLife exclusively shared with Employee Benefits.The study, presented in a report entitled ‘Re:Me’, questioned 300 employers and 900 workers and found 62% of staff felt their relationship with the employer had changed, with ...
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Supplier articleHow to boost mental health post January blues
While there is hope that some normality is around the corner, employees are faced with the long slog that is lockdown 3.0. With mental health declining over the last 10 months, organisations should anticipate a rise in feelings of loneliness, anxieties, and staff burnout. It’s a critical ...