All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 197
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ArticleNick Barnes: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
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 ...
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ArticleDebbie Francis: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
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 ...
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Supplier articleWhat is the true value of employee wellbeing?
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 ...
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ArticleSearch Laboratory invests in mental health first aid training for 50% of staff
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, ...
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ArticlePoll: Almost two-fifths do not offer a return-to-work programme
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 ...
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ArticleNottingham Trent University launches engagement and sustainability programme
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 ...
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ArticlePHMG to launch mental health support app for 400 global employees
Audio branding organisation PHMG has announced that it will be launching a mental health support app and online platform for its 400 global employees tomorrow (Thursday 7 February 2019) to align with Time to Talk Day.The new app and platform, provided by Tootoot, aims to encourage conversations around mental health ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of employers find that offering diverse benefits is a major challenge
Two-thirds (66%) of employers find that providing benefits that suit the needs of a diverse workforce is a major challenge, according to research by global insurance brokerage, risk management and consultancy firm Gallagher.Its Benefits strategy and benchmarking survey, which polled 172 UK employers, also found that 45% of HR professionals ...
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OpinionJane Crosby: Why employers need to care about employees’ work-life balance
Given Britain’s ageing population, employees are under increasing pressure to balance their working lives with looking after elderly relatives.Employers have an obligation to consider flexible working for employees with caring responsibilities. The change in normal working hours can be to the number of hours worked, or to the start and ...
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ArticleAlmost two-fifths of working parents do not have access to flexible arrangements
Almost two-fifths (37%) of working parents in the UK state that flexible working is not available in their workplace, despite all employees having the statutory right to request flexible working arrangements, according to research by Bright Horizons and Working Families.The 2019 Modern families index report surveyed 2,750 working parents and ...
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ArticleHalf feel too guilty to take time off when they are unwell
More than half (53%) of respondents state that they feel too guilty to take time off when they are genuinely ill, according to research by online job site CV Library.Its survey of 1,100 employees also found that 51% of respondents do not want to take time off when they are ...
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ArticleChief executive offers £40,000 to jet fashion designer around the world
Something for the weekend: A UK-based chief executive officer is offering a lucrative £40,000 pay slip, 28 days of annual leave and full sick pay in order to hire an experienced fashion designer to travel the world with her for the next 12 months.The job, posted on online fashion manufacturing ...
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ArticleBird's brainstorm: Employers are looking at their impact on the world in 2019
As January draws to a close and 2019 gets truly under way, employers appear to not only be thinking about profits and productivity for the year ahead, but also about their impact on both employees and the wider world.This might take the form of a commitment to a more sustainable ...
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ArticleB Braun Medical offers employer-paid nutrition course for Sheffield-based employees
Healthcare organisation B Braun Medical has introduced an employer-paid, 12-week nutrition course for its 1,200 Sheffield-based workforce.The programme, which launched in December 2018, has been implemented to help employees get a healthy start to the new year, and is the latest addition to the organisation's comprehensive health and wellbeing programme, ...
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ArticleThree-quarters of employees want a more tailored benefits package
Approximately three-quarters (73%) of employees want a more tailored benefits package, according to research by build-to-rent organisation Get Living.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 48% of respondents would leave their current job for one with better perks, while 7% are willing to take a pay cut in ...
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AnalysisHow can employers use reward and benefits to address sustainability?
Need to know:Employers need a strategic and holistic approach when addressing sustainability; this should align with organisational values and corporate social responsibility.Intrinsic rewards can often be more motivational than extrinsic, as part of a recognition programme based around sustainability.Employees’ personal values and objectives should feed into the organisation’s overall approach ...
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Case StudiesInvestec aims to address sustainability within its wellbeing strategy
In order to explore how sustainability can be incorporated into a wider wellbeing strategy, financial services organisation Investec is testing the waters with an employer-paid cycling scheme.Investec, which has 3,200 employees across 16 operating sites in the UK, is looking to roll out an organisation-wide, employer-paid cycling scheme in February ...
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OpinionDr Heidi Smith: Focus on behaviour change to embed sustainability
At Swansea University, sustainability and wellbeing have been linked with employee benefits and reward because we want to embed sustainability into life here.Swansea is currently ranked ninth in the Guardian University Green League, and we are proud of our many achievements so far; however, we recognise that the process of ...
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ArticleAlmost two-fifths of employers do not view financial wellbeing strategies as a priority
Almost two-fifths (37%) of employer respondents that have no plans to implement a financial wellbeing strategy for staff state that this is because it is not a priority, according to research by Close Brothers Asset Management.Its Financial wellbeing index 2019 report, which surveyed 1,003 employers with 200 or more staff ...
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ArticleBarclays, Fujitsu and Microsoft pledge to support disability inclusion
Barclays, Fujitsu and Microsoft (pictured) are among the first global employers to sign a new disability inclusion commitment, The Valuable 500, operated by global business campaign #valuable.The Valuable 500 is a year-long, global campaign that is asking 500 private sector employers to pledge to support disability inclusion and equality within ...