All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 136
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ArticleMcDonald’s named Top Employer for working mums
McDonald’s, UBS, PwC and IBM (UK) are all among the UK’s leading organisations for initiatives supporting working parents, according to the annual Top Employers Awards run by employment agency Workingmums.co.uk.The awards – now in their eleventh year – celebrate employers that go above and beyond in helping stuff juggle their ...
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ArticleEmployee health suffering due to lack of home-working assessments
A poll of employees by Fellowes Brands has revealed the true extent to which enforced working from home is taking its toll on people.In a poll of 1,000 UK office staff who had been working from home for at least four months, it found more than a third (38%) were ...
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Supplier articleHow does the Eye Voucher scheme work?
According to research by the World Health Organisation, around 2.2 billion people across the world have vision impairment or blindness. The same research estimates that around 1 billion cases could have been prevented.Based on this research, it’s estimated around 1 in 3 of your workforce have eyecare needs and around ...
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ArticleWilko stuns union by slashing sickness benefit terms
Retailer Wilko has been told it should "hang its head in shame" by the GMB union after it drastically cut sick pay terms for employees without any prior consultation.The move, announced to staff last Friday and effective from 1 February, means that if any employee takes a single day of ...
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OpinionAlexandra Evreinoff: A truly inclusive benefits strategy can be an effective support mechanism
Employers already know that offering a competitive compensation package is one of the most effective ways to attract and retain talent. What’s often overlooked, however, is the opportunity to better support their workforce by ensuring their employee benefits strategy is truly inclusive.While compiling a new strategy, employers should keep relevance ...
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AnalysisHow can employers align their reward strategy and diversity and inclusion policies?
Need to know:Equality is firmly on the board agenda, with events such as the pandemic and Black Lives Matter forcing organisations to treat employees fairly.Technology can play a key role in driving diversity and inclusion through reward, enabling greater benefit choice and more personalisation of messaging.By highlighting inequalities, the pandemic ...
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Case StudiesMitie reviews benefits proposition to promote and celebrate inclusivity
Facilities management and professional services firm Mitie employs around 77,500 people across the UK. Most of these employees work in frontline roles such as cleaning, security, engineering and waste management.Inclusion and diversity are important to the organisation and it recently announced a five-year strategy to promote these values across the ...
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ArticleMental health fears not being met with action
New data from employee experience agency Home has found high employer levels of worry about staff mental health, but less actual help in dealing with it.According to the poll, 80% of organisations said employee mental health was being negatively impacted by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. But despite this level of ...
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ArticleEdelman offers paid 'time-out' days to support staff through menopause
The UK & Ireland arm of global PR, firm, Edelman, has announced it is to offer 10 fully-paid ‘time-out’ days for anyone needing respite from the impacts of the menopause.The perk – which was announced late last week – does not just give women paid time off, but also extends ...
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ArticlePoll: Four-fifths of employers are giving working parents more flexibility to cope
Employee Benefits Poll: An overwhelming majority of organisations say they are providing staff with greater flexibility to help working parents cope during the current lockdown.This week’s straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers has found more than four-fifths (82%) cite offering flexibility as the main way in which they are supporting employees ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: How can you reduce presenteeism?
Presenteeism is when employees are physically present in the workplace but due to physical illness, stress or mental health issues, they may be less productive, engaged or motivated.Following the coronavirus pandemic and with increased numbers working from home, presenteeism is a serious issue that should be addressed.The first step to ...
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ArticleAviva offers employees wellbeing day off
Insurer Aviva is giving all of its 16,000 UK employees an extra day off this year to help boost their wellbeing.Employees will be able to use the extra day of leave as they wish and it can be taken at any point during the year, on top of their usual ...
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OpinionSusan Gee: Yorkshire Water has support in place for employees with long Covid
Supporting employees with long-Covid symptoms is an emerging challenge for employers as the symptoms are varied, with some being more easily recognised than others. For example, breathlessness, fatigue and cognitive impairment appear to be common.At Yorkshire Water our approach to supporting employee health has always been person centred, and while ...
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AnalysisHow can employers incorporate long Covid into health and wellbeing strategies?
Need to know:Long Covid can occur regardless of age or underlying health conditions, potentially affecting a large cross section of the working population, therefore no employer is immune to increased absence as a result of long-Covid conditions.Private medical insurance, health cash plans, occupational health, rehabilitation support, and group income protection ...
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ArticlePhoenix Group introduces five more days of emergency leave
Long-term savings and retirement business Phoenix Group is providing five more paid leave days for working carers to help them cope with the third national lockdown.Sara Thompson, group HR director, said: “Last year we provided colleagues with similar access to five days' emergency paid leave to help them during the ...
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Supplier article15+ ideas to improve workplace wellbeing in 2021
By Chloe Thompson, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayIn part 1 of The 2021 Wellbeing Wishlist, we captured the thoughts of our own RG People Team when it comes to improving their own and team wellbeing in and outside of work.Next, we’ll see how others are navigating their new ...
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OpinionShalina Crossley: Employers need to be aware of how to support staff with long Covid
Since the start of the pandemic, a significant minority of people have reported long-term adverse effects related to Covid-19, often referred to as long Covid. While we do not have medical clarity about its effects and duration yet, reported symptoms include fatigue, pain, headaches, breathing difficulties, muscle weakness, lasting fever, ...
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OpinionDiane Lightfoot: Government support for disabled staff
Since the start of the pandemic, the government has announced a series of funded measures aimed at supporting the long-term unemployed and young people to find work. While these measures offer vital opportunities for many people struggling to access employment and pay during this time of economic uncertainty, disabled jobseekers ...
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Supplier articleEchelon Health Assessment
During the first Lockdown back in March 2020, millions of people missed vital medical appointments and general screenings. Many were fearful of traveling, were uncertain on whether they could travel, worried they may catch the virus and generally feeling they did not want to add extra pressure ...
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ArticleMoneypenny and Chiswick Park banish ‘Blue Monday’
To help banish today's ‘Blue Monday’ – the date widely regarded as the most depressing day of the year – employers across the country are promoting wellbeing initiatives designed to help staff beat start-of-year anxieties.Outsourced receptionist firm Moneypenny (pictured) has exclusively revealed it has introduced the Calm meditation app on ...