All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 151

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    Busy Bees Benefits: Post COVID-19 Workplace Health And Wellbeing Provision

    2020-08-14T11:44:07Z

    COVID-19 will shape what wellbeing and recognition benefits employers have as part of their future benefits programmes. One of the key considerations will be to look at benefits that help to build resilience and improve the health and wellbeing of staff.Wellbeing benefit programmes that support healthy eating and promote exercise ...

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    Busy Bees Benefits: How Will Benefits Evolve Over The Next Decade?

    2020-08-14T11:27:18Z

    In recent years, many employers have been increasingly focused on benefits that promote wellbeing, boost retention, attract talent and, in turn, help them to secure better performance and employee engagement. However with the outbreak of the coronavirus combined with a recession and the changing working population, will this remain the ...

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    Tobermore launches employee health and wellbeing app for staff

    2020-08-14T11:11:13Z

    Manufacturing organisation Tobermore has introduced a health and wellbeing app to support the mental health of its 300 employees.Launched 12 August 2020, the Tobermore Connect app gives employees access to a range of physical and mental wellbeing services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Employees can make online appointments ...

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    WEBINAR: Shaping the future of UK employee benefits: trends, action and technology

    2020-08-13T08:00:58Z

    The world of work is changing at an unprecedented pace, impacting how we source our talent, retain, and engage them. Against this ever-changing backdrop, the need to evolve our employee benefits strategies and programmes has become even more important.As we move into the new world of work, companies need to ...

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    William Phillips and Michael Whitmore: Covid-19 brings opportunity to reassess work policies

    2020-08-11T05:00:45Z

    The Covid-19 crisis has forced many people to change the way they work, with a huge increase in the numbers working from home. As certain restrictions lift, and life for some begins to return to a ‘new normal’, employers may have the opportunity to rebuild work policies to better support ...

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    Accord Healthcare UK focuses on bringing employees together

    2020-08-11T05:00:42Z

    Pharmaceutical company Accord Healthcare has had a busy pandemic. Accord, which employs 1,200 people in the UK, supplies medicines to the NHS. The organisation manages every step of the process, from buying the raw products through to manufacturing and distributing medication.Production went up in the early days of the pandemic, ...

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    As we re-enter the office, how do we respond to the needs of our workforce?

    2020-08-10T14:19:00Z

    With many of the UK’s population likely to return to the workplace in the coming weeks, there are real concerns and fears for many employees going back. Recent studies show that around 84% of the population have some form of anxiety about returning to the workplace. So ...

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    87% would stay at an organisation if it commits to employee wellbeing

    2020-08-10T10:22:10Z

    Almost nine in ten (87%) of employees are more likely to stay with an employer if the organisation commits to improving employee wellbeing, according to research by Yulife.The research published in August 2020, which surveyed 613 employees, also found that just over a quarter (26%) of respondents do not feel ...

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    Will your reward spend bring you results, from lock down to long-term?

    2020-08-07T09:54:59Z

    As businesses gear up for more change this year as furloughing ends, redundancies loom and remote working becomes a more permanent feature for many, business recovery now rests on having healthy, safe and motivated employees. Various reports indicate that better communication of existing benefits and well-being programs is now the ...

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    Supporting Unmind users through Covid-19

    2020-08-06T07:43:00Z

    When the corona-virus pandemic seized the world, the team at Unmind knew we could act fast and help our users to proactively protect their mental health in the face of many unknowns. We were humbled by their feedback, and are now excited to share the impact of ...

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    Removing the cost barrier from essential employee well-being

    2020-08-05T14:28:45Z

    Generali Employee Benefits UK and Bupa have announced a commercial partnership initiative to drive forward well-being programs designed for UK employers who are part of a multinational groupThe initiative aims to give employers access to the back-to-work support they need with a specific focus on risk assessment, testing and support ...

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    78% of adults say Covid-19 has highlighted importance of having savings

    2020-08-05T11:23:22Z

    Savings now equally as important as pensionsIn a survey¹ conducted amongst 3,000 adults in the UK, 77.5% said that the recent pandemic has made them realise the importance of having savings to fall back on.In addition, 73% of those surveyed said that whilst having a pension and saving for the ...

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    Australian government introduces $1,500 sick pay for Victorian staff

    2020-08-04T11:29:54Z

    Employees working in the state of Victoria, Australia will receive a $1,500 (£821) payment if they have to self-isolate for 14 days due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.This introduction of enhanced sick pay is due to the spike of Coronavirus cases specifically relating to the region of Victoria. Employees who ...

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    A guide to a cost-effective employee benefits set-up

    2020-08-03T14:11:14Z

    After a difficult 2020 and with businesses everywhere looking to cut costs, employee benefits might be considered by some an expense rather than an investment.In actual fact, not only should employee benefits be seen as an investment, but they can also be incredibly cost-effective.While some employee benefits can actually be ...

  • Government publishes further details of the job retention bonus
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    Government publishes further details of the job retention bonus

    2020-08-03T09:42:10Z

    The government has published further details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) bonus, providing more clarity on eligibility requirements.In the statement, it reconfirmed that employers will receive a one-off bonus of £1,000 for every employee who is brought back from furlough, if they remain at the business until the ...

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    Leading HR teams welcomed Gympass business pivot in light of lock down

    2020-08-03T08:30:20Z

    As the Covid-19 lock down forced the temporary closure of businesses across the country, the outlook for companies supplying services to corporate partners looked precarious. Among them was Gympass - the world’s largest corporate wellness platform.Prior to lock down, the Gympass model comprised giving access to employee members to over ...

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    What do your employees really want?

    2020-07-30T14:31:08Z

    What do employees really want from their jobs and workplaces? And to through a spanner in the works, does what they really want become amplified working from home during a global pandemic, or do their needs somewhat change? Over the last few decades, the demands and desires of employees have ...

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    Santander UK offers menopause support programme to 23,500 staff

    2020-07-28T10:21:02Z

    Banking organisation Santander UK has introduced a personalised menopause support programme for its 23,500 employees.The support, provided by medical platform Peppy, is being offered to staff following an initial trial with 130 employees. Three in four employees who were part of the trial felt more confident about their menopause journey ...

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    The Four Fundamental Pillars of Employee Well-being

    2020-07-28T09:01:00Z

    The Employee Well-being Research report 2019 confirmed that the concept of employee health and well-being has finally landed within the corporate consciousness, with an impressive 68.4% of companies now having a well-being strategy in place. According to this report, the main barrier faced by those employers with ...

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    Direct Insurance Group supports employee wellbeing through engagement initiatives

    2020-07-28T05:00:28Z

    Direct Insurance Group started life as a small, family-built business in 1996 with a handful of staff. It quickly grew considerably to an organisation of 147 employees and achieved its ambition of gaining Lloyds accreditation.The fast growth and expansion of employee numbers placed a bigger focus on the people side ...