All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 141
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Supplier articleEmployee Benefits and what it means to your employees
Employee benefits have become more important than ever before, gone are the days where they are considered a 'nice to have'. In the war for talent that threatens organisational productivity, as well as employees wanting a lot from their jobs on top of just their monthly salaries, more and more ...
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Article22% of organisations align benefits with national or world events
Employee Benefits poll: A fifth (22%) of organisations have aligned employee benefits initiatives with national or world events.A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 22 responses, found that national events, such as World Health Mental Health Awareness Day, and Black History Month have encouraged 22% of employees to restructure benefits ...
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ArticleWickes rewards 8,000 staff with three days of additional leave
DIY retailer Wickes is rewarding its 8,000 employees with three days extra of paid holiday in December 2020.The extra days of leave, that will run from 24 December to 26 December, is to reward employees for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, and to further support the wellbeing ...
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Supplier articlePreparing your workforce for a COVID-19 Vaccine
There’s a strong possibility that a COVID-19 vaccine will be approved in the coming months, but there is still uncertainty around when it will be available to the general public. Whilst we wait for the release of the highly anticipated vaccine, let’s begin to address whether we ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
This week marks the beginning of the second week of the national lockdown put into place across England to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.During this time, we have been communicating with our customers regularly to provide more clarity over the details of the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This ...
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ArticleTSB extends mental health support to friends and families of staff
British bank TSB is enhancing itsmental healthsupport benefit for employees to allow them to includea member of their family or a friend. In May 2020, TSB partnered with mental health platform Unmind to support the wellbeing of its 6,600 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Due to the ongoing uncertainty of ...
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Supplier articleWhy implement a benefits platform in the middle of a pandemic?
As we’ve progressed through 2020, the challenges that employees have faced have really tested their resilience. In this Benefex webinar, host, Client Director Tom Benning, takes a look at how employee habits and spending have changed this year, and how certain employee benefits have been pushed to the top of ...
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Supplier articleFree eBook: Your Guide to Navigating COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the workplace and most people's day-to-day lives, employee engagement has become more important than ever. Amidst the uncertainty in the world, employees are looking to their organisations to support, recognise and connect them during these difficult times.In this eBook, you will learn:How the ...
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Supplier articleHow Recognition programmes must evolve to meet changing circumstances – a Colt Technology Perspective
As everyone is aware, the Coronavirus pandemic has, for the foreseeable future anyway, fundamentally changed the way we work and live. Offices remain closed or open with limited access and the most popular form of communication is through video conference. Remote working has become the norm, and organisations are having ...
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Supplier articleEmployee wellbeing in a shaken population
Pension schemes don’t exist in isolation - the pension strategy always has to be looked at in the joint contexts of the wider employee benefit and engagement strategies. ‘Better outcomes for pension scheme members’ takes joined up thinking that incorporates the evolving employee experience. The Covid-19 pandemic ...
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Case StudiesPaysafe launches wellbeing strategy to support staff through difficult periods
Financial services organisation Paysafe introduced a new mental health strategy to support the wellbeing of its 3,000 employees through the Covid-19 pandemic (Coronavirus) and the winter months.To prepare its workforce for the winter months, in August 2020, the organisation launched the Headspace app to employees for free, encouraging them to ...
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OpinionBecky Thoseby: Supporting employees during the festive period
With autumn weather already here, increased restrictions across England and grim predictions for the coming months, many people will be looking towards winter with trepidation, and this is likely to affect their wellbeing. At Ministry of Justice (MOJ), we have, therefore, been looking at how to safeguard employee wellbeing during ...
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AnalysisWhat health and wellbeing support should employers offer during the festive period?
Need to know:Government restrictions could impact the number of social gatherings employees can attend over the festive period.The lack of social interaction during the pandemic has increased levels of stress among employees.Employers have a critical role to play in supporting the mental and physical health of staff during the festive ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: 3 Crucial Ways To Support Employee Health
If you often wonder how you, as an employer, can fulfil your obligations to your employees and facilitate their health and wellbeing, we can help.There is a range of employee benefits you can offer to your workforce to encourage a healthy work-life balance while supporting both their physical and mental ...
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Supplier articleHow salary sacrifice schemes work for furloughed employees
With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) now extended until March 2021, how will this affect your salary sacrifice schemes?Thankfully, employers have options when it comes to managing their salary sacrifice schemes for furloughed employees and employers can work with their staff to come to the best arrangement to suit ...
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Case StudiesFrazer-Nash sets out key reward and benefits priorities for 2021
Frazer-Nash has a clear idea of what its three key focuses are for 2021: employee health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and personal development.During the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the engineering and technology organisation set a precedent of where it sees it can support its employees' wellbeing now and into 2021. ...
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Supplier articleTaking progressive wellbeing initiatives even further
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexThe employee benefits industry has spent the last few months focusing heavily on employee wellbeing in the time of Covid, and how to get initiatives off the ground. But what about those organisations who were already taking significant wellbeing steps before 2020? For this ...
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ArticleAegon signs Race at Work charter to address racial inequality
Financial services organisation Aegon has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality ...
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ArticleRina Pandya: What can employers do to lift team spirits and combat potential isolation in winter?
At the beginning of this year, we could never have imagined how different our way of working would become. Many employees have had to adapt to remote working, with the workplace reinventing itself in home offices and around dining tables. This transition has been challenging, however, as the year draws ...
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ArticleGeorgina Cameron: What can employers do to lift team spirits and combat potential isolation in winter?
We have learned a lot in 2020, whether that is working out how to wear a face mask without steaming up your glasses or discovering how to be comfortable with seeing yourself on video calls. However, as we move into the darker months, the main lesson I will be taking ...