All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 201

  • workplace happiness
    Article

    UK takes 10th place in global rankings for workplace happiness

    2019-01-10T11:27:42Z

    The UK ranks 10th in the world for workplace happiness, according to a study by employee engagement organisation Engaging Works.More than 10,000 employees have been surveyed globally by Engaging Works since its launch in October 2017. Using the data compiled, the organisation has calculated an average happiness score for each ...

  • Kevin Daniels
    Article

    Professor Kevin Daniels: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?

    2019-01-10T06:00:42Z

    Good social relationships at work are fundamental to wellbeing in the workplace, while poor social relationships are detrimental to health.Positive social relationships confer psychological benefits in a number of ways, such as promoting a sense of identity and belonging, as well as providing support that can help employees and organisations ...

  • Matthew Rolph
    Article

    Matthew Rolph: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?

    2019-01-10T06:00:09Z

    As individuals, we all spend a large amount of our time at work. Therefore, the relationships we create there are pivotal to our overall wellbeing.At Graf UK, we understand that our employees are critical to the success of the organisation, so we go out of our way to take care ...

  • Kelly Feehan CABA
    Article

    Kelly Feehan: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?

    2019-01-10T06:00:00Z

    Social wellbeing is the ability to build personal connections with others, deal with conflict and be a part of a positive social network. It might sound simple, but that may in fact be part of the reason why social wellbeing is easily overlooked by organisations when creating employee wellness programmes ...

  • Sarah-Jane Fenton
    Article

    Dr Sarah-Jane Fenton: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?

    2019-01-09T16:00:50Z

    While making their new year's resolutions for 2019, employers may be deciding to scale up their model, or be making plans to remain agile in difficult markets. However, on that list of objectives, and not as an afterthought, needs to be a serious consideration about how to support employees’ mental ...

  • beach
    Supplier article

    Why your staff need a holiday

    2019-01-09T10:53:08Z

    Managing staff holidays can be a challenge for employers and HR departments. Handling multiple holiday requests at the same time, and potential disputes if you can’t offer someone the dates they want, may mean that you would rather not encourage staff to take a holiday at all!But holidays, or just ...

  • workplace expectations
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: 97% of employers report rapid change in staff workplace expectations

    2019-01-09T10:20:39Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The vast majority of employers (97%) agree that the workplace expectations of staff are changing rapidly, according to a study conducted by professional services provider Aon.The organisation's Benefits and trends survey, which polled more than 200 employers of various sizes, found that flexible working features heavily in employees' changing ...

  • 3ways
    Supplier article

    3 ways to support the wellness of your employees

    2019-01-09T10:19:54Z

    40% of workplaces still do not offer any mental health support for staff and less than a quarter of line managers have received any training in mental health. Only a third of 18 to 29-year-olds are comfortable talking with their manager about mental health issues compared to almost half of ...

  • Three
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Three launches online financial education for 4,600 staff

    2019-01-08T10:44:19Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Telecommunications organisation Three has launched an online financial education programme for its 4,600 UK-based employees in order to enhance its wider wellbeing strategy.The new financial education initiative, provided by Nudge, was implemented on 30 November 2018 for employees based at Three's head offices in Maidenhead, Glasgow and Reading, as ...

  • paul-devoy
    Article

    More than a third remain with their employer if they have good work-life balance

    2019-01-08T10:14:28Z

    More than a third (37%) of employees state that a good work-life balance would cause them to remain with their current employer, according to research by community interest organisation Investors in People.Its 2019 Job exodus report, which surveyed 2,000 UK individuals in December 2018, also found that 34% of respondents ...

  • Makeover
    Analysis

    Do group risk benefits need a makeover?

    2019-01-08T06:00:03Z

    Need to know:Employers and providers might want to consider re-branding group risk benefits to help clarify the purpose of each product.A multi-media communications approach, using digital, paper and face-to-face communications, is best for ensuring engagement.Employers should strive to increase take-up and awareness of value-add services to impact employee absence, presenteeism ...

  • katharine moxham
    Opinion

    Katharine Moxham: How can employers promote group risk to increase interest?

    2019-01-07T16:00:50Z

    Employers want to provide an engaging package for their people. As part of that package, group risk benefits, such as employer-sponsored life assurance, income protection and critical illness, throw out a financial lifeline when it is most needed. However, these benefits can be wallflowers because they provide for catastrophic events, ...

  • Woodlands restaurant
    Article

    Tennessee restaurant operators ordered to pay $220,000 in back wages and damages

    2019-01-04T11:49:22Z

    The operators of Nashville, Tennessee-based restaurant Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine have been ordered to pay $220,000 (£173,557) in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees.The action follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the minimum wage, overtime and ...

  • sports team-based perks
    Article

    Team-based sports perks more popular than benefits enjoyed alone

    2019-01-04T10:54:52Z

    Team-based sports perks are more popular with employees than those enjoyed in isolation, according to research by employee benefits platform Perkbox.A study of 2,315 UK employees asked respondents to rate a number of employee benefits out of 100. Office sports teams scored higher (89) than birthday days off (86), duvet ...

  • Confessions
    Article

    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid completes a psychological test

    2019-01-03T16:00:05Z

    I’m not sure what this says about me, but the last time I did a psychological test, I lied. They say the tests are impossible to fake, but really it is simple enough. Yes, the same question is asked multiple ways in an attempt to catch you out, but it ...

  • mindfulness sessions to support mental health in January
    Article

    Poll: 24% use mindfulness sessions to support mental health in January

    2019-01-03T15:38:31Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Nearly a quarter (24%) of organisations use mindfulness sessions to support employees with mental health in January.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 42 responses, also found that the same percentage of employers offer flexible working options to help staff deal with seasonal mental health challenges, ...

  • wellness
    Supplier article

    How to make employee wellness a priority

    2019-01-03T14:02:02Z

    Investing in the wellness of staff is vital to a productive, satisfied and happy workplace. It is important to take employee wellness seriously in order to get the most out of your employees.Lead from the top downEmployee wellness will have a better chance of succeeding if the programme is supported ...

  • Arriva Durham County
    Article

    Arriva Durham County bus drivers set to strike after rejecting pay offer

    2019-01-03T10:48:23Z

    Around 650 bus drivers working for Arriva Durham County have voted to strike for a week from 6 January after rejecting a revised pay offer.The drivers, members of the Unite union based at Darlington, Durham, Redcar, Stockton and Whitby, voted by 72% to 28% to reject the proposal, which was ...

  • bonus pay
    Article

    Men earn nearly twice as much as women in bonus pay

    2019-01-03T10:08:22Z

    The average bonus for a full-time worker in the UK was £2,242 in 2018, according to analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics by recruitment organisation Aaron Wallis, but the average for males at £2,613 was nearly twice that for females at £1,158.The research also found that full-time ...

  • Missouri state minimum wage
    Article

    Missouri state minimum wage rate rises to $8.60

    2019-01-03T09:51:16Z

    The Missouri Department of Labor has announced a state minimum wage rate of $8.60 (£6.77) per hour for 2019, rising from $7.85 (£6.18) in 2018.Effective from 1 January 2019, all private employers are required to pay the minimum rate, with the exception of retail and service organisations with annual sales ...