All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 175
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: EAPs and flexible working are most popular mental health benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Employee assistance programmes (EAPs), flexible working or work-life balance policies, and access to education and guidance for staff are the most commonly offered benefits to support mental health, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019, which surveyed 202 HR decision makers and influencers, also ...
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Supplier articleBreast Cancer Awareness Month - October 2019
An increasing number of us are being diagnosed with breast cancer every year. This disease is devastating lives on a heart-breaking scale. We can’t live with that and we know you can’t either.Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here to urge us all to take action; to create a future for ...
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AnalysisHow benefits can open up the talent pipeline to promote diversity and inclusion
Need to know:Pay transparency encourages the clarifying and codifying of progression structures, and allows for merit and value to be rewarded free from unconscious bias.Effective use of data analytics, as well as staff input and open dialogue, can help employers to better understand the priorities of a workforce, rather than ...
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OpinionHelen Smith: How to look after the needs of an age-diverse workforce
It is no secret that employers that prioritise employee wellbeing and look after their staff well are more likely to reap rewards. Not only does the workforce benefit from a better working experience and healthier lives, but the business can also attract better talent, build loyalty and improve motivation and ...
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OpinionDimple Agarwal: Harnessing the power of difference
When was the last time someone really made you see things differently?It is something we encourage at Deloitte, where valuing difference and creating a diverse, inclusive culture is at the very heart of our business.One powerful initiative we run is inviting a cross-section of our people, including graduates, women and ...
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What is Yo-Yo Dieting and Does It Work?
“Need to get that bikini body!”“It’s Christmas, I can treat myself!”“New Year, New Me!”“It’s Easter, I can treat myself!” “Need to get that bikini body!”Sound familiar? Of course it does. It’s a constant cycle that surrounds us, literally, all the time. However, this is actually a common form of yo-yo ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mace Group to discuss engaging the board via metrics at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Judith Grant (pictured), director of health and wellbeing at construction organisation Mace Group will discuss how HR professionals can engage senior leaders with employee wellbeing using metrics and analytics at Employee Benefits Live 2019.Grant's session, titled 'Using metrics to engage the boardroom with wellbeing', will take place on Wednesday ...
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ArticleUniversity of Liverpool campus support staff strike over pay and conditions
Campus support and services employees at the University of Liverpool are undertaking continued industrial action this week in a dispute over pay and working conditions.The 28 campus support and services staff who are members of trade union Unite began this series of strikes with a 24-hour stoppage on Saturday 21 ...
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Supplier articleHow do you measure the success of employee benefits packages?
It’s important for any business to measure the outcomes of the employee benefits packages that it has in place. As a business, if you don’t measure the results of your employee benefits programmes, then it is difficult to formulate a clear strategy for such programmes. You need to know that ...
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ArticlePoll: Two-fifths think volunteering days improve staff wellbeing
Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (38%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that the main benefit of providing staff with dedicated volunteering days is the improvement to employee wellbeing.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 47 responses, also found that 28% feel that the main positive effect of offering volunteer ...
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Supplier articleThe modern workspace and the importance of Employee Benefits
For many years now, there has been lots of hype around the ‘modern workspace’. Afterall, isn’t it a benefit for your team to be working in an amazing office environment that is conducive to hard work, creativity, productivity and teamwork? Just look at Google and the effort they put into ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Supporting staff through menopause
At the Labour party conference earlier this week, Dawn Butler, the shadow women and equalities minister, announced plans to require all organisations with more than 250 employees to introduce a menopause workplace policy.Under these measures, employers would be required to make various provision: allowing staff to work flexibly if needed, ...
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ArticleDomino's hunts for carb connoisseur to taste test garlic bread for $30 per hour
Something for the weekend: Pizza restaurant and delivery chain Domino's Pizza Enterprises is on the hunt for a garlic bread aficionado to spend a day sampling products at the organisation's headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.The job advertisement, posted on LinkedIn on 24 September 2019, asks for carb-obsessed candidates who are well ...
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ArticleLabour pledges 32-hour week, end of zero hours and to tackle menopause stigma
During the 2019 Labour Party Conference, which took place from Saturday 21 to Wednesday 25 September, shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell MP (pictured) committed the party to start work implementing a 32-hour average working week, with no reductions to pay, during its next term in government.The move to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 71% offer support and counselling services to employees
EXCLUSIVE: Support and counselling services remain the most popular type of healthcare benefit in 2019, with seven in 10 (71%) employers offering something in this category. This type of benefit has remained in the top spot for three consecutive years, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare ...
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AnalysisHow should employers position Christmas rewards and incentives?
Need to know: As employees become more concerned about health, social responsibility and the environment, Christmas rewards are changing and adapting accordingly.Sustainable options include e-vouchers, experiences and paid time off; while volunteering leave can cover both wellbeing and social responsibility.Rather than encouraging staff to drink and eat more during this ...
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OpinionCharlotte Lockhart: A four-day week is the productivity answer we have been waiting for
Significant technological improvements, the rise of the internet and social media has formed a hyper-connected world, with innovation disintermediating established organisations and industries. Surprisingly, there has not been a corresponding advance in overall productivity.In 2018, we made a bold decision to test our assumptions around productivity with a landmark four-day ...
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Supplier articleIt's National fitness day!
How are those New Year’s Resolutions going? You know the ones – the gym twice a week, the healthier diet, stairs instead of the escalator, even walking to work?Wish we hadn’t reminded you? Thought as much!National Fitness Day is on the 25th of September and is the perfect day to ...
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ArticleTwo-fifths of public sector employees worked flexibly in 2018
Just over two-fifths (42%) of employees in the public sector worked flexibly through alternative working patterns in 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The report, Working flexibly in the public sector, also found that flexible and alternative working patterns were only available to 21% of private ...
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OpinionTeresa Boughey: Moving forward from uncomfortable truths about gender pay
Another year of gender pay reporting for organisations with more than 250 people has continued to provide opportunities for organisations to really take stock and measure their progress on diversity and inclusion.For some, the initial widening of the gap is likely to be unsurprising. As with many other things, when ...