All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 171
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Supplier articleKeep up Your Yoga Classes From Home!
Hands up if you’re missing your yoga classes? With its undeniable benefits - improving your strength, flexibility and posture; reducing stress and boosting wellbeing to name a few - now is more important than ever to keep up your yoga routine. Fear not! Incorpore Ltd has teamed up with Yogaia ...
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Article34% of employees struggle with mental health when working from home
Over one-third (34%) of employees that are working from home feel it has a negative impact on their mental wellbeing, according to research by market research organisation Opinium.In its study of 1,250 UK employees, published April 2020, the organisation found that over one-half (57%) of UK employees are now working ...
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Supplier articleImprove Your Sleep, Improve Your Wellbeing
We all know that sleep is necessary to survival, but getting a good night’s rest can be harder for some than others. Whether it’s due to stress, excessive screen time, too much noise and disruption or even a diagnosable sleep disorder, lack of sleep can be hugely detrimental to our ...
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Supplier articleStress Awareness Month 2020: How to Prevent Stress in the Workplace
April is Stress Awareness Month, which means that more of us will be discussing stress and its impact across life, relationships and the workplace.Stress is a physical and mental state that is often cited as a necessary part of life. In certain situations, stress is a motivator, helping us stay ...
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Supplier articleSix key considerations for supporting the workforce during COVID-19
During times of crisis, whether it’s a pandemic or a traumatic internal event, leaders need to be empowered to support their employees.Regardless of your area of work, your employees are struggling under new working and living conditions, added stress, changes in their home life, and other daily adjustments to this ...
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Supplier article5 ways to show employee appreciation during uncertain times
Covid-19 has swiftly changed the world in all facets, from people’s personal lives, to the way businesses are operating, to routine changes with children not at school, financial struggles as well as the vast majority of people now working remotely from home. Employees are under a lot of strain, trying ...
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ArticleDay-one company sick pay for 20,000 Transport for London bus drivers
20,000 Transport for London (TFl) bus drivers will receive organisational sick pay from day one, if they either fall ill or have to self-isolate.Following talks between TFl and trade union Unite, the new agreement means that employees will not feel pressured to make a decision between being paid or not ...
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Supplier articleNew webinar: Nurturing employee morale and supporting wellbeing for remote and essential workers
In a recent poll, HR leaders identified maintaining employee morale and supporting wellbeing as the top priority in the near future. As the environment around us rapidly evolves, how can leaders access the tools and strategies they need to support their employees and their business during this time of ...
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Supplier articleeBook: 6 steps to create connections during the COVID-19 pandemic
When your work environment goes through an abrupt upheaval, it can be difficult for HR leaders and communications professionals to know how to act. Where do you start, when your focus has to be shifted to crisis management? During this time of change, connecting and supporting our employees with meaningful ...
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Case StudiesCharterhouse adapts metabolic age initiatives to fit the new normal
At accountancy firm Charterhouse, the journey towards helping employees reduce their metabolic age is just beginning, and has had to adapt quickly to face the challenges created by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Prior to the move to home working, Charterhouse had undertaken metabolic age measurements for its staff, led by provider ...
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AnalysisHow can employers help staff improve their metabolic age?
Need to know:Metabolic age is a holistic way of quantifying health, taking into account physical as well as mental wellbeing.Having an empirical measurement can help frame and communicate a holistic wellbeing strategy.Education and communication should centre on a fun, healthy approach, and team activities should not focus too much on ...
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Supplier articleThe new age of work-life balance: How to connect your people and improve employee wellbeing
The situation is clear: Our employees are dealing with more stress, fear and uncertainty than usual. As leaders, it’s important to prioritise employee wellbeing and put your people first – this means keeping a focus on how you can support your employees, whether physically, financially, mentally or emotionally.This time ...
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Supplier articleCovid-19 and annual leave
In the UK, around 40% of employees take just half of their annual leave or less. On average, UK employees take just 62% of their annual leave entitlement[1].Although social distancing and COVID-19 is expected to continue for at least the next few months, we wanted to stress the importance of ...
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Case StudiesSmarkets backs employee mental health with suite of wellbeing benefits
Talent in the technology sector is highly sought after; like many industries, technology organisations are competing for the top applicants, and to do so means offering a competitive suite of benefits, appealing work or an attractive workplace culture. Financial technology start-up Smarkets claims all three.Susan Pinto, HR manager, says: “Our ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Smarkets
The benefits offered by SmarketsPensionContract-based pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution.PayPay transparency across the organisationSelf-set salariesFamily friendly and work-life balanceOn-call nanny, available to an employee up to five times a yearOnsite childcare room for bringing a child to workFlexible working available around core office hours of ...
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Supplier articleWorking from home: tips to help your people get settled
As we all try to find our feet during this unprecedented outbreak, we know that, for many of you and your employees, working from home permanently will be completely brand new. To help everyone adjust to their new workplace, we’ve pulled together some of the best advice on how to ...
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Supplier articleProtecting the mental health of you and your people
Given the current situation regarding Covid-19, a lot of our employees – in all corners of the world - will be feeling anxious and stressed. But we can help each other get through this challenging time.As global governments are advising us to avoid all but essential social contact, more and ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Are you being supported through the Covid-19 pandemic?
How are you? I’m sure that is a question you have asked others on an almost daily basis during the ongoing pandemic; but how many times have you asked it of yourselves?Inevitably, there has been a great deal of focus over the past few weeks on how organisations are treating ...
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Supplier articlePhysical wellbeing: Looking after yourself during the Coronavirus Pandemic
I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of working from home. Pets demanding attention, the postman interrupting importing calls, your favourite past time becomes staring into the fridge, sound about right? Unless you are one of the lucky ones that have a beautifully designed home office with no interruptions, then ...