All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 155

  • 95% of organisations offer some form of mental wellbeing education
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    EXCLUSIVE: 95% of organisations offer some form of mental wellbeing education

    2020-06-15T10:40:50Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The vast majority (95%) of organisations offer some form of mental wellbeing education and support to their employees. This follows the trend we have seen, whereby awareness of, and a desire to support, mental wellbeing has risen up the corporate agenda.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, ...

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    How to support men’s mental health during Covid-19

    2020-06-15T08:52:20Z

    The evidence is indisputable: men over the age of 50 are more likely to get worse symptoms of Covid-19 - and to die from the virus - than women: twice as likely according to age-standardised figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The “why” is not so clear. While ...

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    Telehealth: the untapped resource that should be on everyone’s benefits list

    2020-06-14T23:00:36Z

    With hospitals and GP surgeries under monumental pressure, seeking medical advice for an ongoing or new illness can feel challenging.As lockdown and strong social distancing measures persist, many employees will be looking to their employer for support. Our new blog uncovers how employers can use telehealth to help support their ...

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    Busy Bees Benefits: Building Workplace Resilience with Employee Benefits

    2020-06-12T14:53:49Z

    The pandemic has changed life for many people across the country, not only in terms of how work is organised, but in how employees respond to the demands being placed on them. Work, home and social life have been fused together through home working and an increased number of people ...

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    Investment in employee wellbeing during lockdown pays off

    2020-06-12T10:10:00Z

    Spending more while business is compromised under lockdown may seem counter-intuitive. Yet when that investment is in your employees’ health and wellbeing, it is money well spent.Daisy Corporate Services (dcs.tech), the UK's leading provider of IT, communications and cloud solutions, was already committed to its employees’ physical and mental wellbeing ...

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    How to Avoid Burning out at Work

    2020-06-11T14:51:15Z

    Employees who start early, stay late, don’t take breaks and work on the weekends can end up burning out. Other factors can be large workloads, difficult colleagues and endless deadlines. These can all lead to a loss of motivation, productivity, positivity, passion and general low morale. Let’s look at how ...

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    Tata Consultancy Services supports global workforce with remote wellbeing resources

    2020-06-11T05:00:57Z

    IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services employs around 448,000 people around the world, of which 19,000 work across the UK and Ireland, based in the organisation’s offices and those of its clients. Ramkumar Chandrasekaran, HR director in the UK and Ireland, says: “When the threat of the pandemic started to ...

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    What does the Covid-19 pandemic mean for international benefit strategies?

    2020-06-11T05:00:41Z

    Need to know:Digital benefits and online platforms are set to increase as more employees around the globe work remotely.International demand for health and protection benefits is up, with a focus on wellbeing and lower-cost options.Different experiences of the pandemic mean local benefits solutions are important.With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing much ...

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    Lucie Greene: The future of work post-Covid 19

    2020-06-11T05:00:23Z

    When it comes to workplaces, one of the most obvious changes we will see post-Covid 19 is the shift to remote working. Most businesses have been suddenly thrown into remote working and have had to very quickly set their teams up virtually. This is something we will see continue post-pandemic. ...

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    Considerations for dealing with the impact of coronavirus

    2020-06-10T23:00:26Z

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate our priority at this time is the welfare of our people, and we continue to monitor guidance and introduce any measures necessary to keep them safe.We know that your people are your top priority too and this is made all the harder when ...

  • 79% of employees have been affected by mental health due to pay cuts
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    79% of employees say household pay cuts have affected their mental health

    2020-06-10T11:07:46Z

    Of the 61% of employees that have seen a member from their household take a salary reduction, 79% say it has affected their mental wellbeing, according to research by Barnett Waddingham. Its survey of 2,017 full-time and part-time employee also found a further two-fifths (40%) have experienced increased anxiety over ...

  • 87% of businesses offer benefits to support health and wellbeing
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    EXCLUSIVE: 87% of businesses offer benefits to support health and wellbeing

    2020-06-10T09:43:46Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The majority (87%) of employers offer benefits to support the health and wellbeing of employees, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, which surveyed 269 HR decision-makers, found that the number of respondents that offer benefits in support of this goal has ...

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    Set up for success: How leaders can boost wellbeing and productivity

    2020-06-10T08:08:08Z

    Have you lost track of what day it is or how many weeks we’ve spent working in socially-isolated conditions? Are you experiencing a blur in your 2020 calendar as the personal/professional boundaries dissolve? And are you looking for strategies that will help you juggle the competing demands between home and ...

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    Busy Bees Benefits: Getting to Work Safely During Social Distancing

    2020-06-09T10:53:32Z

    The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the demands of social distancing have significantly increased the popularity of cycling. As lockdown has begun to ease, there has been an increase in the use of public transport, as people have started using it to get to work.There is a range of ...

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    Supporting your remote workforce in unprecedented times

    2020-06-09T10:41:35Z

    Working in isolation for a prolonged period can be taxing both mentally and physically, making it more important than ever that employers are visibly and effectively supporting their people. However, for more than 50% of companies, the mass working from home experiment that we now find ourselves in presents unchartered ...

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    Colin Barnes: How will benefits, wellbeing and employee expectations change as we reshape in a post-Covid-19 world?

    2020-06-09T05:00:10Z

    It goes without saying that Covid-19 has forced immense change.Although there is some degree of uncertainty over how the workplace will look once the pandemic has finished, there are some key areas emerging where we are predicting great change. We have defined four key phases which business will go through: ...

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    Going above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Chilton Meadows

    2020-06-08T23:00:50Z

    “Going above and beyond is something that comes naturally to the staff team at Bupa’s Chilton Meadows Care Home in Stowmarket Suffolk,” says Home Manager, Tania Thompson, who has been nursing for three decades and working at the care home for the last three years.“The team’s priority is keeping residents ...

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    Busy Bees Benefits: Attracting & Retaining Staff Without Straining Your Finances

    2020-06-05T13:10:34Z

    As a small business owner, you are constantly faced with the question of how to stay competitive with your larger counterparts? After all, in every aspect of running a business, staying competitive can be difficult for smaller companies. How, specifically, can you attract and retain employees at the same level?However, ...

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    35% of employees continue to work while sick

    2020-06-05T10:52:42Z

    Just over a third (35%) of employees have continued to work from home while being unwell, according to research by Canada Life.Its research, involving 2,000 working adults, and 500 small-to-medium business (SME) decision-makers, also found that two in five (40%) did not feel their illness was serious enough to take ...

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    Protecting mental health while working from home

    2020-06-05T09:24:54Z

    Since the UK – and now, much of the world – moved into a state of ‘lockdown’ following the Covid-19 outbreak, mental and emotional wellbeing (which includes mental health) has come even more to the forefront for workplaces. It seems, just as organisations began tackling mental health, a new pandemic ...