All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 146
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Adjusting to a new wave of home working
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement earlier this week declaring that employees should return to working from home if they are able to do so represented a sharp u-turn from his previous focus on returning staff to offices around the UK. With some organisations in the process of returning staff to ...
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Supplier articleCOVID-19 Testing in the Workplace - Your Questions Answered
Dr Anshu Bhagat, GPDQ’s Chief Medical Officer, provides answers to some of the most common questions from employers, with the nation in the midst of a COVID-19 testing crisis. As an NHS partner, GPDQ has provided COVID-19 support to over 1m patients nationwide, working with businesses and ...
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Supplier article6 actionable ways to boost employee mental wellbeing
The Coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on the mental wellbeing of many across the world. A study by mental health charity Mind found that over half of adults and over two thirds of young people reported that their mental health had become worse during the lockdown period in the ...
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ArticlePricewaterhouseCoopers extends remote-working policy
Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has extended its working-from-home policy for the majority of its workforce, following guidelines set by the UK government.PWC reopened its 24 offices to staff in July 2020 following the UK's initial national lockdown, offering staff the opportunity to take up a flexible remote-working policy whereby ...
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Case StudiesLily's Kitchen serves up a suite of benefits to support employee wellbeing
From happiness packages to an employee assistance programme, Lily’s Kitchen has made innovative changes to its benefits package in 2020 in order to support the wellbeing of its employees.Georgina Cameron, HR director, explains: “I think there has been far more emphasis in the last six months on employee wellbeing, safety ...
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ArticleUniversity of Exeter introduces environmental reward programme
The University of Exeter has introduced a green reward programme to engage its 5,000 employees with environmental sustainability and wellbeing across its Exeter and Falmouth campuses.The digital engagement programme, provided by sustainability and wellbeing engagement provider Jump, is aimed at motivating staff to make behavioural changes to help the university ...
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Supplier articlePrioritising your team’s safety as we return to the workplace
By the end of September, as many as 59% UK employers will be ready to welcome employees back to the workplace. But with the second wave of COVID-19 looming large, it’s evident we are still a far cry away from the pre-pandemic office culture. As COVID-19 is ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Personalisation & Health
Personalisation is about using data to identify what benefits your employees may need. The data gathered can then be used to tailor benefit schemes to the requirements of your staff. This creates a smarter solution that also benefit employers, boosts motivation and retains staff.Over the last few years, personalisation technology ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Taking Steps to Manage Productivity in 2021
Going forward, it’s important that businesses start to prepare for 2021. Taking lessons from the last few months, now is the perfect opportunity to press the reset button and take the time to look at how your business and employees are doing.There are no handbooks of what should be done. ...
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ArticleOutsourced workers at Yeovil District Hospital to receive Covid-19 sick pay
Outsourced employees working at NHS Trust Yeovil district hospital will receive full sick pay for if they have to self-isolate due to contracting or being in contact with someone who has Covid-19 (Coronavirus).Hospital cleaners, porters, security and catering who are contracted to work for the hospital have not been receiving ...
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Poll: Will you be allowing staff to carry additional annual leave over to 2021?
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Supplier articleWhen going on holiday means being stuck at home
As more and more countries are being added to the Government’s quarantine list, is it worth taking the risk of being quarantined, and going on holiday anyway?Simply put, for many people the answer is yes, but is that because they don’t understand the reality?Holidays are vital to our emotional and ...
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ArticleGolden retriever appointed chief comfort officer to support wellbeing of front-line staff
Something for the weekend: A three-year-old golden retriever has been appointed as a chief comfort officer to support the wellbeing of front-line workers at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake.The dog conveniently named 'Joy' took on the role to bring joy and love to all front-line employees going through emotional hardship ...
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ArticleAccenture, Allianz and L’Oreal named best global employers for diversity and inclusion
Accenture (pictured), Blackrock, Allianz and L'Oreal have been included in the Top 100 most diverse and inclusive global organisations, ranked by the diversity and inclusion index (D&I index).American global investment management organisation Blackrock based in New York topped the list with an overall score of 81%, global professional services business ...
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Supplier articleThe Digital Watercooler: A CPO and CEO’s view on 2020
Take a look at the pandemic from the perspective of the business leaders who have been spearheading workplace change. Benefex’s CPO, Kathryn Kendall, and Founder & CEO, Matt Macri-Waller, talk us through their own experiences of managing a business through the rollercoaster that has been Covid-19. From the early days ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of culture continuity during COVID-19
How have organisations managed their employees and culture during COVID-19? That was the question Achievers sought to answer in June 2020.We turned to our research and science department, the Workforce Institute, who surveyed more than 1,000 employees on how well their personal values aligned with those of their organisation. Perhaps ...
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ArticleOyo introduces flexible-working policy
Hospitality business Oyo has introduced a flexible-working policy to support the wellbeing of its employees. Its new policy, called Work From Anywhere, will give UK employees the choice to work from home, its offices in London, or choose an alternative arrangement. All employees who choose to remotely will receive £100 ...
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Supplier articleAdmiral chooses Gympass to support entire wellbeing spectrum for its 7,500 employees
Admiral Group plc – best-known for its private motor insurance and home cover services, including well-known brands such as Admiral, elephant.co.uk, confused.com, Diamond and Bell – has partnered with Gympass to fulfil a comprehensive employee wellbeing strategy for its 7,500-strong UK workforce. A driving force behind this decision was Admiral ...
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Supplier articleIntroducing the COVID-19 Return to Work app
Over the coming months, businesses will need frameworks that allow them to recover from the economic damage of the pandemic whilst ensuring the physical and mental safety of their workforces.However, as fears of the second wave are being realised; the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring that 13th September 2020 saw ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 46% of employers have increased health and wellbeing focus due to Covid-19
Almost half (46%) of employers have increased their organisation's focus on employee health and wellbeing due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020, which surveyed 200 HR decision-makers, also found that 46% were confident that they already had a comprehensive health ...