All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 219

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    Analysis

    How can employers use technology to engage employees with their health and wellbeing?

    2017-05-23T05:00:45Z

    Need to know:The use of technology is helping employers to engage staff in health and wellbeing initiatives.Wearables can help track an individual’s health as well as their activity.Other apps can help offer advice around wellbeing, and access to medical support.Technology is playing an increasingly prominent role in helping employers to ...

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    Case Studies

    The Wellcome Trust uses app to engage staff with physical activity

    2017-05-23T05:00:30Z

    Photo: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome ImagesMedical research charity The Wellcome Trust has a large nine-storey building, as well as two floors below ground, at its main office in Euston, London.The charity has a wellbeing group that meets regularly to discuss how to improve the health of staff, which suggested encouraging ...

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    Opinion

    Stephen Bevan: Workforce health as a business asset?

    2017-05-22T15:19:11Z

    The health and work landscape in the UK is changing rapidly. Compared with a decade ago, more employers have come to recognise that they need to provide support for employees who experience poor health. This has had a number of consequences.First, what gets defined as a health issue has undergone ...

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    Analysis

    Why should employers be concerned with holistic employee wellbeing?

    2017-05-22T05:00:41Z

    Need to know:Employee wellbeing can have a significant impact on the workplace, affecting everything from performance and productivity through to engagement, sickness absence, and staff turnover.Minor illnesses, such as headaches, can often mask more serious health and wellbeing issues, such as stress.Creating an open culture where employees feel their health ...

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    Case Studies

    Accenture UK puts wellbeing at the forefront of its culture

    2017-05-19T13:46:46Z

    Supporting the health and wellbeing of its more than 13,000 employees in the UK and Ireland is a key strategy for global professional services firm Accenture, with the employer aiming to be the most inclusive and diverse organisation in the world by 2020. Tony Horan, head of human capital and ...

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    Article

    24% experience back problems when working from home

    2017-05-19T11:03:58Z

    Around a quarter (24%) of respondents that work from home experience back aches, according to research by Bupa.Its survey of 2,000 UK adults, released to mark National Work from Home Day (Friday 19 May), also found that 38% of respondents who work from home receive help from their employer to ...

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    Article

    US home improvement organisation trials robotic exosuits for staff

    2017-05-18T15:27:51Z

    Something for the weekend: Musculoskeletal conditions, such as back ache or joint pain, can be a reoccurring health and wellbeing issue for employers and their staff, particularly in occupations that involve manual tasks, such as heavy lifting. US-based home improvement and hardware organisation Lowe’s has introduced a new tool to ...

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    Article

    Walmart to pay $7.5m settlement over same-sex spousal health insurance benefits

    2017-05-18T10:17:09Z

    US retail organisation Walmart is to pay $7.5 million (£5.8 million) in a class action settlement relating to spousal health insurance benefits for employees in same-sex marriages.The class action case challenged why corporate health insurance benefits could not be extended to same-sex spouses of eligible employees before 2014.The settlement is ...

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    Article

    43% think their employer puts business results ahead of employee wellbeing

    2017-05-16T10:24:52Z

    More than two in five (43%) employee respondents think their employer puts business performance and organisation results ahead of employee health and wellbeing, according to research by Aviva.Its Working lives report, which surveyed 1,500 UK private sector employers and 6,000 UK private sector employees, also found that 77% of employer ...

  • Supplier article

    Does mental health stand alongside physical and financial health in your total wellbeing strategy?

    2017-05-16T08:13:15Z

    Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and the US recognises the whole month of May as Mental Health Month. For many companies, mental health has slowly, but successfully come out from the shadows to stand alongside physical and financial health as part of total wellbeing.With the ...

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    Article

    Global healthcare benefits costs expected to rise by 7.8%

    2017-05-11T10:47:57Z

    Global healthcare benefits costs are expected to rise by 7.8% in 2017, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2017 Global medical trends survey, which surveyed 213 health insurance providers across 79 countries, also found that UK health insurance costs are forecast to rise by 5% in 2017. This follows ...

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    Tips to stay mentally healthy at work

    2017-05-11T09:12:47Z

    More than 15.8 million working days were lost in 2016 due to mental illness1 and it is becoming more common for people to suffer with illnesses such as stress, depression and anxiety.There can be many causes of mental illness including traumatic events and increasing stress levels from issues such as ...

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    Article

    42% view mental health as a key employee wellbeing challenge

    2017-05-10T10:52:46Z

    Around two-fifths (42%) of employer respondents cite mental health as a key workplace health and wellbeing challenge over the next five years, according to research by Barnett Waddingham.Its UK workplace wellbeing index, which surveyed 145 organisations with more than 250 employees, also found that 53% of respondents currently have an ...

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    Article

    Blenheim Palace launches wellbeing programme

    2017-05-08T08:54:31Z

    Stately home Blenheim Palace has introduced a new wellbeing scheme for its 250 permanent Oxfordshire-based staff.The new programme is designed to raise awareness of the importance of both physical and mental health.It includes a range of workshops, activities, and training opportunities, such as mental health awareness workshops, and mentor and ...

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    Analysis

    How can benefits support staff affected by suicide?

    2017-04-28T15:01:11Z

    Need to know:Supporting an employee back to work after a suicide attempt may involve increased sensitivity in terms of both the employee and their employer or manager.There are steps that employers can take to support staff that have lost a loved one or colleague to suicide.Developing a postvention strategy can ...

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    Case Studies

    Linklaters raises awareness of suicide through workplace seminars

    2017-04-28T14:55:26Z

    In 2016, law firm Linklaters held two seminars for employees on the topic of suicide. The first seminar was held in October and featured Michael Mansfield QC and Yvette Greenway, founders of Silence of Suicide (SOS). The couple set up the organisation following the deaths by suicide of Mansfield’s daughter ...

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    Analysis

    How can benefits support suicide prevention in the workplace?

    2017-04-28T14:54:33Z

    Need to know:A clear commitment to employee wellbeing can help to erode the stigma around suicide and mental ill-health and encourage staff to engage with support services.Communication and training is key to ensuring employees and line managers have a good understanding of the benefits available to them and how to ...

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    Opinion

    Emma Mamo: Staff should feel able to talk openly about mental health

    2017-04-28T14:53:17Z

    Every suicide is a tragedy. The causes of suicide are many and complex and vary from person to person. We know that often people struggle in silence and find it difficult to know how to ask for help.Figures from the Office for National Statistics, published in 2014, show that male ...

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    Video: How to explain the return on investment of your employee wellbeing programme

    2017-04-28T10:10:46Z

    by Lucy Tallick, Head of WellbeingThroughout my time in Reward Gateway, I have made it my mission to talk to as many of our valued clients about their employee wellbeing strategies, what their goals are and what they are looking to achieve in employee wellbeing.This story in particular sticks with ...

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    Article

    38% believe a culture change is needed to address sedentary behaviour at work

    2017-04-27T09:08:15Z

    More than one-third (38%) of respondents believe that a complete culture change is required to encourage staff to spend less time sitting at work, according to research by Active Working.Its survey of 275 employees, which has been conducted to mark On Your Feet Britain Day on Friday 28 April 2017, ...