All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 179

  • john lewis partnership
    Analysis

    John Lewis Partnership uses data analysis to shape proactive wellbeing strategy

    2019-08-20T05:00:00Z

    Retail organisation John Lewis Partnership houses 84,500 UK-based employees in a wide range of roles across the John Lewis and Partners, and Waitrose and Partners brands, from the shop floor to head office, and from factory to farm. To address wellbeing across this diverse workforce, the organisation ...

  • Liz Walker
    Article

    Two-fifths of employees with cancer value reduced or flexible hours

    2019-08-19T10:09:41Z

    Approximately two-fifths (42%) of employees who have been diagnosed with cancer state that being offered reduced or flexible hours is one of the most valuable ways employers can help support them through treatment, according to research by Unum.The survey of 300 UK employees who have been diagnosed with cancer in ...

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    4 Ways to promote wellbeing through workplace design

    2019-08-19T07:55:02Z

    In recent years there’s been a growing emphasis on supporting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace - and for good reason. With statistics indicating that one in six employees suffer from some form of mental health issue in the UK, prioritising staff wellbeing is becoming an essential part of ...

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    Article

    Four-fifths of UK employees state poor mental wellbeing impacts their work

    2019-08-16T10:34:31Z

    Four-fifths (80%) of UK employees who have struggled with poor mental wellbeing believe that this has impacted on their work, according to research by insight agency Opinium and the University of Warwick.The Workplace mental wellbeing report, which surveyed 2,009 UK employees aged 18 or over, also found that 67% of ...

  • Joe-Gaunt
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Hero acquires mental health organisation The Balanced You

    2019-08-16T09:52:50Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Health and technology business Hero has acquired mental health services organisation The Balanced You, in its third acquisition within the past 12 months.The Balanced You, founded four years ago, provides a range of mental health and wellbeing services, including specialist one-to-one counselling, mindfulness sessions, wellbeing retreats, reiki and hypnotherapy.Hero ...

  • asmr
    Article

    Team building organisation seeks aural artist to create soothing sounds

    2019-08-15T14:00:56Z

    Something for the weekend: Corporate team building business TeamTactics.co.uk is recruiting an ASMR artist, to deliver soothing sounds to stressed-out office workers for £30 an hour.The role will see a zen-focused member of the public sign up to conduct hour-long group sessions for employees, delivering aural triggers that aim to ...

  • The-Stand-Comedy-Club
    Article

    The Stand Comedy Club commits to Fair Fringe charter to improve pay for 120 staff

    2019-08-15T09:00:09Z

    Image credit: The Stand Comedy ClubThe Stand Comedy Club has signed the Fair Fringe charter, pledging to improve pay and working conditions for its 120 employees that work during the popular annual music and arts showcase, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.The Fair Fringe charter, part of the Fair Fringe campaign launched ...

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    Is your employee protection cover ceasing too early?

    2019-08-15T07:26:31Z

    The danger of non-complianceFollowing the removal of the default retirement age (DRA), employee protection insurance benefits (group life assurance, group income protection and group critical illness cover) can legally cease at age 65 or the State Pension Age (SPA), whichever is later.Group Risk Development (GRiD) has previously warned employers that ...

  • TGI Friday's
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s

    2019-08-15T05:00:56Z

    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s:PensionsA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme via the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest): staff save 5% of their salary and TGI Friday’s contributes 3%.Managers and directors of operations can opt to save into a group personal pension (GPP), provided by Standard Life, which enables them ...

  • Jacqui-McManus
    Case Studies

    TGI Friday's uses layered recognition strategies to improve staff retention and wellbeing

    2019-08-15T05:00:09Z

    American-themed casual dining chain TGI Friday's uses a sophisticated, multi-layered approach to recognition to bolster retention and improve the wellbeing of its 5,250 UK-based employees, who operate across 88 national restaurants as well as a main support centre.Jacqui McManus, culture and people development director at TGI Friday's, explains: “That’s really ...

  • flex
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Flexible working initiatives offered by 76% of organisations

    2019-08-14T13:00:07Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Flexible working initiatives remain the most popular lifestyle benefit, offered by 76% of organisations overall, and as a core benefit for all employees at 50%, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report, which surveyed 290 respondents and was published in May 2019, also found that retail ...

  • Abbey-House-Hotel
    Article

    Abbey House Hotel and Gardens provides mental health training for senior managers

    2019-08-14T09:31:01Z

    Cumbria-based Abbey House Hotel and Gardens has trained three of its senior managers in mental health first aid, to support both the physical and mental wellbeing of its 100-strong workforce.The training, delivered by Dalton-based organisation SOA Safety, was completed in July 2019 for the hotel's head chef, marketing manager and ...

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    How to assess workplace wellbeing

    2019-08-14T07:19:01Z

    In our previous article we discussed the eight steps to create a workplace wellbeing programme. One of the most important steps is a thorough assessment of your current workplace wellbeing to understand what is working and identify where your gaps are.There are three main sources of information that are pivotal ...

  • Daniel-Parker
    Opinion

    Daniel Parker: LGBT employment equality - the journey so far

    2019-08-13T11:51:55Z

    With a particularly significant Pride Month having taken place this June, marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, one might be forgiven for looking to the past and taking stock, with a critical eye, of decades of change for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in the ...

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    Article

    Bradbury Group sees 70 staff utilise on-site gym since June 2019

    2019-08-13T10:18:37Z

    Manufacturing organisation Bradbury Group opened an on-site gym for 162 staff based at its headquarters in Scunthorpe in June 2019, and has since seen 70 employees use the facilities, amounting to an uptake rate of 43% within the first two months of operation.The on-site gym was built to help boost ...

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    8 Steps to create a workplace wellbeing strategy

    2019-08-13T09:08:26Z

    Prioritising workplace wellbeing not only looks after your staff, it can look after your business as well. In fact, recent data from the HSE revealed that 1.4 million UK workers suffer from work-related ill health (e.g. conditions such as stress, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders or other illnesses that are caused ...

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    Workplace wellbeing strategy - an employer's guide

    2019-08-13T08:59:58Z

    Prioritising workplace wellbeing not only looks after your staff, it can look after your business as well. Read our in-depth employers guide to plan and implement an effective workplace wellbeing strategy in your organisation.Request your copy at jelf.com.

  • katherine chapman
    Opinion

    Katherine Chapman: Living wage brings clear benefits to employees and employers

    2019-08-13T05:00:36Z

    The Social Metrics Commission's Measuring poverty report, published in July 2019, found that 14 million people are now in poverty, with four million trapped in 'deep poverty', with incomes at least 50% below the official breadline. What is perhaps equally as shocking is that many of these people are in ...

  • poverty
    Analysis

    How can employers tackle in-work poverty?

    2019-08-13T05:00:15Z

    Need to know:Identifying employees struggling with in-work poverty is difficult, but offering universal solutions can ensure that financial wellbeing initiatives benefit all those in need.Simple measures, such as exploring how to best manage overtime or introducing flexible working, can help staff improve their finances more effectively.A financial wellbeing strategy that ...

  • Alfie-Stirling
    Article

    Think tank proposes increases to wages and annual leave to boost UK’s productivity

    2019-08-12T10:40:01Z

    Image credit: NEFBritish think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has proposed that minimum wages and statutory paid holiday entitlement be increased in order to improve the UK’s productivity.The Time for demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday report, published in August 2019, suggested that bolstering ...