All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 159
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ArticleAirbnb extends remote working policy until August 2021
Travel business Airbnb has extended its remote working policy until August 2021 to support the health and wellbeing of its 6,300 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Despite its offices reopening this month, the organisation has given its workforce the flexibility to choose whether they would like to return to the ...
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ArticleZofia Bajorek: What role do employers play in helping staff to lose weight or improve their health and fitness?
The government’s new obesity strategy contains a number of elements including a call to action to help people lose weight and advance the adoption of weight management practices, seemingly focusing more on future prevention rather than on measures to help those who already live with obesity. Some critics of ...
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Supplier articleLooking ahead at the future of HR
Welcome back to our last blog in our series: Shaping the new vision for HR. In parts one and two, we explored how the role of HR may change in a post-pandemic world, and insight into what HR's top priorities for the workplace will be. In our last post, we'll ...
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OpinionAmber Clayton: The pandemic’s impact on employee voluntary benefits
Covid-19 is disrupting economies and affecting household incomes and mental health alike. With these conditions in mind employers are taking necessary measures to maintain existing talent and ensure both employer and employee can endure. Changing household circumstances have resulted in financial, legal, and dependent care issues, as well as taking ...
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Case StudiesNominet encourages employees to cycle to work
UK domain name registry Nominet is encouraging its 250 employees to get more active with its bikes-for-work scheme. Employees can buy a bike through the organisation’s salary sacrifice arrangement and purchase any model up to the value of £3,000, spreading payments over a 12-month period. Beverley Hamblet-Bowes, HR director at ...
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Supplier articleWe’re all going on a staycation – what to keep in the medicine kit for the great British summer!
I’m sure by now most of us will have come to terms with the fact that many of our holiday plans have changed dramatically. Dreams of golden sands, palm trees and exotic cocktails may have been replaced by thoughts of deckchairs in the garden, or towels and a thermos flask ...
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Supplier articlePrioritising mental health as employees return to the office
Gympass is proud to put its name to a letter published in The Times (August 25, 2020) that pledges to prioritise mental health as employees return to work and the office after the long lock down. Mind, the mental health charity, surveyed 16,000 people during lock down and found that ...
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Article70% of employers would pay for employees' Covid-19 tests
Seven in ten (70%) of employers are willing to pay for Covid-19 (Coronavirus) tests if an employee should request one, according to research by Huma.The survey of over 5,000 UK employees and 2,000 UK businesses, published in August 2020, also found that almost half (45%) of workplaces are ready to ...
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Supplier articleHR’s biggest priorities for the post-COVID-19 workplace
Welcome back to the second part of the series, where we'll be exploring the biggest priorities for HR in a post-COVID-19 world. If you missed the first post, learn more about the role of HR after COVID-19.A 'future-first' mindset will help businesses not only survive, but thrive in the new ...
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ArticleHomeserve signs Race at Work charter to improve workplace equality
Emergency repairs and improvements organisation Homeserve has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that ethnic minority employees face in the workplace.The race charter, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out ...
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Case StudiesNatwest Group's benefits agenda reflects its strategy of championing people potential
When Alison Rose was appointed the chief executive of Natwest Group in November 2019, she put forward her purpose-led strategy for the banking group: to champion the potential of people, families and businesses.It is this strategy that has been driving the reward and benefits agenda at the organisation. Sharon Midwinter, ...
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Supplier articleUnlocking wearables’ data for a healthier workforce
Over the last decade wearables have become increasingly popular as our obsession with self-monitoring grows. With an increased number of employees working remotely, individuals are turning to their devices to track personal progress, seek motivation and monitor their well-being as they figure out a new routine to stay fit, healthy ...
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Supplier articleMark Foster dives into Gympass Wellbeing Unplugged Webinar
Gympass is delighted to welcome ex-Olympian GB swimmer and highly respected sports media personality Mark Foster to the 5th edition of its virtual Wellbeing Unplugged events. On Thursday August 27 from 4pm, Mark will take the hotseat in the Gympass Wellbeing Unplugged Happy Hour to share his incredible journey including ...
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ArticleSalesforce extends homeworking policy until July 2021
US cloud-based software organisation Salesforce is extending its working from home policy until at least 31 July 2021.The organisation has also confirmed that its offices will remained closed for the remainder of the year, to support the health and safety of its employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.To further support ...
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Supplier articleDesk Posture – what we know and how to fix it
Out of sight, out of mind? It’s easy to neglect the wellbeing of employees when the closest you to get to them is via Zoom. But regularly monitoring your onsite and remote workers mental and physical health is vital for a happy and productive workforce. It also ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Ways to Support Employee Well-being During Periods of Change
Positive and negative reactions can come from business change. For example, a mass employment drive is likely to increase workplace productivity and employee satisfaction, but redundancies will increase stress and reduce productivity.With the UK now officially in a recession, it’s likely that businesses across the country will be going through ...
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Supplier articleBupa boosts employee well-being with Gympass partnership
Bupa is boosting its well-being offering for its entire 23,000-strong UK workforce by partnering with Gympass, the world’s largest corporate wellness platform.The new partnership will give Bupa staff and their families access to virtual wellness coaching, ranging from mental wellness apps, live classes and one-to-one online personal training sessions. To ...
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Supplier articleHighlights from our webinar, Life after lock down
‘Anxiety’ and ‘optimism’ are the two overriding emotions people feel about returning to work after our lock down, according to our live poll. The webinar – hosted by our Head of Psychology, Dr Heather Bolton, and Mental Health Technology Specialist, Daisy Abbott – went on to explore ...
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OpinionRoshani Hill: Private medical insurance market adapted to support employees during pandemic
A landmark deal was struck between the private health sector and NHS England in March 2020 to help the national effort to fight Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Freeing up capacity in private hospitals at that point in time was the right thing to do. But what did these changes mean for medical ...
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Case StudiesThree enhances private medical insurance provision for all employees
Three relaunched its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme in order to equalise its offering for all employees.The telecommunications firm previously had a PMI scheme in place which was only available to certain grades of its employee base. It has been working through a harmonisation project of its employee grades, so ...