All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 229
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ArticleAmbition achieves 98% take-up of wellbeing week activities
Professional services recruitment organisation Ambition saw 98% of its 34 employees participate in at least one activity during its annual wellbeing week.The wellbeing week, which took place in May 2017, provided a range of employer-funded health and wellbeing themed activities for all employees to take part in, with a different ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 79% offer private medical insurance to staff
EXCLUSIVE: More than three-quarters (79%) of employer respondents offer private medical insurance (PMI) to employees, according to research by Employee Benefits and Staffcare.The Employee Benefits/Staffcare Benefits research 2017, which surveyed 271 employer respondents in February-March 2017, also found that 73% of respondents offer PMI to partners and dependents.In 2016, 71% ...
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ArticleCanadian construction union branch to introduce medical marijuana coverage
A local branch of the Canadian construction union Labourers’ International Union of North America (Liuna) is introducing medicinal marijuana coverage into its benefits plan.The benefit is being introduced by Liuna!625, the union's Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent branch, which represents 1,500 members and their families.The new benefit, which has been designed to ...
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ArticleMiddletonMurray launches employee steps challenge
Recruitment and training organisation MiddletonMurray has launched a steps challenge for its 100 UK-based employees.The 30 Million Steps Challenge, which is taking place across the organisation’s five UK sites, will encourage employees across the business to walk 10,000 steps every day in June to collectively complete 30 million steps.Staff members ...
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Best practice advice when tackling mental health in the workforce
Awareness of mental health issues and how they can be treated is on the rise, yet it remains a significant problem in the UK, not least for employers.Although mental health issues are said to affect around a third of the population, 40% of employees would not feel comfortable raising the ...
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ArticleHealth and wellbeing in numbers, May 2017
A round-up of some of the key facts and figures relating to employee health and wellbeing:!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script"),d=o[0],r=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=r+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var a=e.createElement("script");a.async=1,a.id=s,a.src=i,d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","//e.infogr.am/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Holistic wellbeing rises up the agenda
As our inaugural Wellbeing Week, in association with Aon, draws to a end, it’s time to reflect on the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.There can be no denying that wellbeing has become big business. How many of you own a cook book or follow ...
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ArticleEPC-UK launches wellbeing programme and issues fitness devices
EPC-UK has launched a wellbeing programme for its 250-strong workforce.As part of the programme, Commit to be Fit, employees will be provided with a Garmin fitness activity tracker and will have access to a wellbeing portal.Staff can register their fitness trackers and their interest in the programme through the portal, ...
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Case StudiesVolvo keeps track of employees’ health and wellbeing through workplace study
Global car manufacturer Volvo participated in Britain’s Healthiest Workplace study, run by VitalityHealth, in 2016. Volvo used its senior management team to promote the benefits of regular health checks, improvements to diet, and increased physical activity levels.It achieved this through a combination of wellness days to provide key health and ...
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AnalysisHow can an employer benchmark its wellbeing strategy?
Need to knowSeven in 10 organisations currently have, or are in the process of implementing, a wellbeing strategy, according to the UK workplace wellbeing index by Barnett Waddingham, published in May 2017.Data, including management information, benefits claims, absence data, advanced behavioural data and employee engagement survey results, can be used ...
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Infographic: What data do employers use to inform health and wellbeing strategies?
An infographic looking at the organisation-specific data analytics used to inform and drive employers’ corporate health and wellbeing strategies. (Source: Aon Employee Benefits’ Benefits and trends survey 2016, published in February 2017).Read more in How can an employer benchmark its wellbeing strategy?!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script"),d=o[0],r=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=r+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var a=e.createElement("script");a.async=1,a.id=s,a.src=i,d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","//e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");
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AnalysisEmployee wellbeing: making the connections
There is plenty of buzz around employee wellbeing, with everything from fresh fruit and fitness challenges to mindfulness sessions and financial education being promoted as key to employee happiness. But, while any of these could lead to improvements in employees’ health and happiness, understanding the connection between physical, mental and ...
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AnalysisHow can employers use technology to engage employees with their health and wellbeing?
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 StudiesThe Wellcome Trust uses app to engage staff with physical activity
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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OpinionStephen Bevan: Workforce health as a business asset?
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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AnalysisWhy should employers be concerned with holistic employee wellbeing?
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 StudiesAccenture UK puts wellbeing at the forefront of its culture
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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Article24% experience back problems when working from home
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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ArticleUS home improvement organisation trials robotic exosuits for staff
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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ArticleWalmart to pay $7.5m settlement over same-sex spousal health insurance benefits
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 ...