All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 196

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    Case Studies

    Stone Junction offers flexible reward to support employees' work-life balance

    2019-02-21T06:00:12Z

    Specialist technological PR agency Stone Junction was established in 2016, at which point founder and managing director Richard Stone created a system of clearly defined, personalised objectives for each member of staff. This system allows employees to progress through salary scales and gain promotions by achieving set goals.As a result, ...

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    Supplier article

    How to develop a new healthy habit

    2019-02-20T11:24:22Z

    Have you ever started a diet, or exercise programme and struggled to make it last longer than a week? If you are like the millions of people, who have set out with the best intentions, full guns blazing, but lost your momentum – don’t worry.Research has shown that it takes ...

  • Mark-Witte
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Discuss wellbeing strategies at Employee Benefits Connect in one week

    2019-02-20T10:40:01Z

    EXCLUSIVE: There is one week to go until Employee Benefits Connect 2019, at which delegates will hear from Mark Witte (pictured), head of health and risk consulting at Aon, and Sarah Robson, senior communications consultant at Aon, about how to review benefits investment and devise a forward-thinking, data-based strategy to ...

  • Barney-Ely
    Article

    Three-fifths cite having more than 28 days of annual leave as an important benefit

    2019-02-19T10:29:14Z

    Approximately three-fifths (59%) of employees state that having more than 28 days of annual leave within their benefits package is important; however, only 36% of employers offer this, according to research by recruitment organisation Hays.The Hays salary and recruiting trends 2019 guide, which surveyed 7,820 employers and 14,889 employees, also ...

  • Coventry-Building-Society
    Case Studies

    Coventry Building Society introduces paid carers' leave to mitigate financial worries

    2019-02-19T06:00:42Z

    Coventry Building Society's paid carers' leave initiative, which launched in July 2018, enables all 2,500 direct employees working across its 70 branches and six head office sites to take up to three days of paid leave a year to accommodate caring responsibilities.Lucy Becque, HR director at Coventry Building Society, says: ...

  • Aviva
    Case Studies

    Aviva introduces paid carers’ leave to help employees remain at work

    2019-02-19T06:00:21Z

    In October 2017, Aviva introduced paid carers’ leave, to ensure that members of its 16,000-strong UK employee base could deal with responsibilities and events in their personal lives, without exiting the workplace.The carers’ leave enables employees who have a dependant, either permanently or in an emergency, to take 10 days ...

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    Supplier article

    How to beat those hump day feelings in the office

    2019-02-18T08:45:54Z

    We all need a pick me up in the middle of the week. After two long days in front of the computer, not doing much apart from thinking about your next snack, the deadline you have looming, and the boss chasing you for answers, it’s not surprising Wednesday’s feel like ...

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    Case Studies

    Hays places financial support at the centre of its wellbeing strategy

    2019-02-18T06:00:14Z

    Global recruitment organisation Hays recognises the importance of supporting staff with their financial concerns, and addresses this as one of its key pillars of wellbeing.Hays' financial wellbeing strategy covers a range of issues, including debt consolidation and everyday savings. As part of this, Hays promotes its employee assistance programme (EAP) ...

  • MMHI1
    Opinion

    Helen Undy: Employers should help staff build financial resilience

    2019-02-15T12:00:24Z

    Overstretched, overdrawn, underserved: Financial difficulty and mental health at work, published by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute in May 2017, found that two-thirds of UK employees who are struggling financially also show at least one sign of mental ill-health. These are issues that could affect their ability to ...

  • Sarah-ONeill
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Discuss health and wellbeing at Employee Benefits Connect in under two weeks

    2019-02-15T11:27:52Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Connect 2019 is drawing close, with less than two weeks to go before delegates will be able to attend a session presented by Sarah O'Neill (pictured), Sarah O’ Neill (pictured), chartered counselling psychologist and clinical director at Spectrum Life, an Ireland-based network of private mental health support ...

  • Heal's
    Article

    Heal's boosts wellbeing with puppy love on Valentine's Day

    2019-02-14T16:37:42Z

    Image credit: Heal'sSomething for the weekend: Furniture and lighting retailer Heal’s gave its employees a dose of puppy love to boost wellbeing this Valentine’s Day, providing them with the chance to get involved in a speed-dating event with a difference.Animal shelter and charitable organisation Battersea Dogs and Cats Home arrived ...

  • Muckle media
    Article

    Muckle Media launches enhanced flexible benefits and unlimited holiday

    2019-02-14T09:24:38Z

    Creative public relations agency Muckle Media has this week (11 February 2019) launched an enhanced flexible benefits and unlimited holiday package for its Scotland-based employees.The new benefits have been introduced to coincide with Valentine's Day, and as part of the organisation's #LittleThings campaign; this aims to attract and retain the ...

  • dcb group
    Case Studies

    DCB Group offers employees health initiatives to start the year right

    2019-02-14T06:00:37Z

    DCB Group is a communications specialist in Manchester, employing 52 people across three business centres. The organisation offers health and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year, but the power of supporting employees’ resolutions became apparent more than 10 years ago.David Beale, chief executive officer at DCB Group, says: “I gave up ...

  • health-related
    Analysis

    Healthy habits: Reaping the benefits of health-related resolutions

    2019-02-14T06:00:15Z

    Need to know:There are many options employers can offer to help support healthy resolutions, including gym memberships, health cash plans and free fruit.Buy-in from senior management can create a supportive culture and ensure the success of a programme.Support for employees’ health improvement in the new year should be part of ...

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    Analysis

    Investing in wellness: Employee health in numbers

    2019-02-13T16:00:40Z

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  • hastee1
    Article

    Four-fifths rely on alternative finance options to source money between paydays

    2019-02-13T11:44:16Z

    Almost four-fifths (78%) of UK employees rely on finance options such as credit cards in order to source money quickly between paydays, according to research by on-demand pay provider Hastee Pay.The study, which surveyed 1,000 working individuals in the UK, also found that among London-based employees, the proportion relying on ...

  • brickwall
    Supplier article

    How to stay healthy when working at a desk

    2019-02-13T08:30:10Z

    Many of us get into work, sit down at our desk and tend not to move again until we have too. British people sit for 8.9 hours each day on average and it’s one of the unhealthiest things we can do. Sitting increases the likelihood of heart disease, weight gain, ...

  • wellness1
    Supplier article

    Why you should have an employee wellbeing strategy

    2019-02-13T08:20:38Z

    High-performing organisations recognise the benefits of a holistic employee wellbeing programme that takes them well beyond their statutory health and safety obligations. By helping their staff commit to improving their physical and emotional health, eating well and being active, firms are reaping the rewards.Here’s our take on why you need ...

  • Rebecca-Tapping
    Article

    Two-fifths want health insurance as an employee benefit

    2019-02-12T10:42:51Z

    Two-fifths (40%) of staff want health insurance added to their benefits package, according to research by employee services business Personal Group.Its survey of 1,007 UK employees also found that 34% of respondents would like access to discounted gym memberships, while 28% would appreciate rewards linked to physical activity. A quarter ...

  • Gemma Bullivant
    Article

    Gemma Bullivant: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?

    2019-02-12T06:00:42Z

    For a long time, mental health has been a taboo topic in the workplace, despite the fact that suicide is the leading cause of death for men aged 20 to 49 in England and Wales, according to Suicides in the UK: 2013 registrations, published by the Office for National Statistics ...