All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 219
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Case StudiesLinklaters raises awareness of suicide through workplace seminars
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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AnalysisHow can benefits support suicide prevention in the workplace?
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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OpinionEmma Mamo: Staff should feel able to talk openly about mental health
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
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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Article38% believe a culture change is needed to address sedentary behaviour at work
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, ...
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Five self-improvement apps for a productive day
by Megan Gough, Head of Client CommunicationsYour resolution for 2017 may have included a nod toward improving your physical fitness routine. But whether or not you’re making good on that promise we have a couple other ways to improve wellbeing that looks beyond your gym or fitness goals.Let us help ...
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Introducing organic exercise at work
by Nick Hudson, Head of Physical ActivityWhat’s the number one reason your employees give for not taking part in physical activity? Yes, you guessed it: There’s not enough time. You may have tried to argue along the lines of “If you really wanted to, you’d make time,” but I doubt ...
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ArticleIris Worldwide and Warner Music shortlisted for health and wellbeing benefits
Iris Worldwide (pictured), MoneySuperMarket Group, and Warner Music are among the organisations that have been shortlisted in the best healthcare and wellbeing benefits, small employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.This award, sponsored by Simplyhealth, recognises the most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategies that have been implemented by organisations ...
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AnalysisWhat do employers need to consider around expatriate PMI pre-assignment?
Need to know:Prior to assignment, an employer can tailor its private medical insurance (PMI) plan to suit budgets or local markets.Employers need to make sure that they work with a provider, or broker, that has knowledge of global markets.Employers should make sure that the provider offers expats access to a ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to corporate eyecare
What is corporate eyecare? Corporate eyecare is an employee benefit that helps employers to comply with health and safety obligations for staff who use visual display units (VDUs), or to help those who drive on business. The most common ways to provide corporate eyecare include e-vouchers, through a health cash ...
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ArticleHow to support employees affected by suicide
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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Article69% believe eyecare benefits can look after and save eyesight for staff aged over 40
More than two-thirds (69%) of employer respondents believe providing an eyecare benefit for staff aged over 40 is relevant for helping to look after and save eyesight, according to research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.Its survey of 1,007 employees and 502 employers also found that 52% of employer respondents believe that ...
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ArticleCity of London Corporation achieves 9% take-up of stair climbing challenge
The City of London Corporation achieved a 9% take-up rate for its first employee stair climbing challenge.The challenge, which took place between 23 January and 17 February 2017 in conjunction with StepJockey, aimed to encourage employees to collectively climb to the summit of Mount Everest using the stairs within the ...
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OpinionMichael Jenkins: Empower staff to work in a healthy way to support cardiovascular health
In a world where we are increasingly exposed to longer working hours, reduced time for exercise, an increased sugar intake and weight gain, focusing on health in the workplace could not be more important.The Circulation Foundation, the charity affiliated to the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, is committed ...
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Case StudiesRSK supports heart health and wider wellbeing through staff pedometer challenges
In February 2015, environmental consultancy RSK launched an employee pedometer challenge to encourage staff to stay active as part of Healthy Heart Month. The challenge, which saw 50 teams of five employees achieve a total step count of 62,624,561 over the course of the month, ran alongside a range of ...
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AnalysisHow to support cardiovascular health in the workplace
Need to know:Encourage staff to adopt healthy behaviours to help reduce the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.Raise awareness of heart health and ensure staff feel able to engage with the health interventions available to them.Support for employees returning to work after a cardiac event should take into account both ...
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The benefits of health screening
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkThis time last year I went for my first ever health screening. I was 43 and painfully aware that, although I had lost a lot of weight, started exercising a year to two before and ate fairly well, I hadn’t always treated ...
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The benefits of cycle-to-work schemes
By Sally Duckworth, CEO, You At WorkI’ve owned nine bikes while living in London – eight of them have been stolen.I’m also painfully aware that cycling can be dangerous (traffic); uncomfortable (too hot, too cold, too wet); and inconvenient (it’s hard to carry a business suit to work without creasing ...
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Article74% believe traditional working environments detract from a healthy lifestyle
Almost three quarters (74%) of respondents believe traditional working environments detract from a healthy lifestyle, according to research by teleconferencing organisation Powwownow.Its survey of 2,000 employees also found that a third (33%) of respondents would like an on-site gym in their workplace.The research also found:28% of respondents would like access ...
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ArticleING Financial Markets achieves 95% take-up of global wellbeing programme
ING Financial Markets, part of global banking organisation ING, has achieved a 95% take-up rate for its new wellbeing programme, which launched in March 2017.The Wellbeing Quotient (WQ) programme, which is available to 350 ING Financial Markets' sales employees across 30 countries, is designed to help staff actively manage their ...