All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 197

  • advice
    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) ...

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    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 ...

  • investing wellness
    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 ...

  • Nick-Barnes
    Article

    Nick Barnes: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?

    2019-02-12T06:00:28Z

    Any employee death is a tragedy, affecting everyone around that person. When the cause of death is established as suicide, when someone takes their own life, this can cause grave emotional injury to anyone attached to that individual. With that injury comes vulnerability. Vulnerability for both employees and employers.There are ...

  • debbie francis
    Article

    Debbie Francis: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?

    2019-02-11T16:00:43Z

    Ford of Britain's journey to implement a mental health strategy started in early 2017 over a cup of coffee, when a colleague and I discussed our personal experiences and how mental ill-health touches so many of us, in so many different ways. It is an issue we cannot afford to ...

  • postit
    Supplier article

    What is the true value of employee wellbeing?

    2019-02-11T11:19:01Z

    The importance of employee wellbeing is a hot topic among HR teams across the nation. Yet, despite all the discussion, 64% of employers have no health and wellbeing strategy. But that’s all set to change as, by 2020, 76% of employers plan to introduce health and wellbeing plans to differentiate ...

  • Renae-Shaw Search Laboratory
    Article

    Search Laboratory invests in mental health first aid training for 50% of staff

    2019-02-08T10:30:27Z

    Digital marketing agency Search Laboratory has provided mental health first aid training for 50% of its 130 employees, in order to align with an ongoing commitment to support positive mental health in the workplace.The training was initially promoted to staff during a wellbeing week in November 2018. At this point, ...

  • return to work
    Article

    Poll: Almost two-fifths do not offer a return-to-work programme

    2019-02-07T12:33:50Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (37%) of respondents do not offer a return-to-work or recruitment programme.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 27 responses, found that 19% of employers do provide a return-to-work or recruitment programme specifically tailored towards supporting carers and parents upon their entry back into the ...

  • Nottingham Trent University
    Article

    Nottingham Trent University launches engagement and sustainability programme

    2019-02-07T10:41:55Z

    Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has launched a new engagement and sustainability programme for the 4,000 employees based across its four campuses.The new programme, Green Rewards, was implemented on Monday 4 February 2019. It has been introduced to encourage staff to participate in activities that boost sustainability, at the same time ...