All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 238

  • Corporate gym membership
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    Buyers’ guide to corporate gym memberships

    2014-12-05T17:10:00Z

    The factsWhat is corporate gym membership?Corporate gym membership offers employees either fully-funded or discounted membership to a gym, health club or leisure centre, provided as a core, flexible or voluntary benefit.Where can employers get more information?Visit Employee Benefits’ healthcare and wellbeing channelWho are the main providers?There are no official statistics, ...

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    Fit for Work service launches

    2014-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Fit for Work service was launched yesterday (15 December).Previously known as the Health and Work Service, it offers impartial advice for dealing with long-term absence. Its services include an online library and telephone, email and online support for employers, employees and general practitioners (GPs).The Fit for Work service will ...

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    Fujitsu to pilot emotional resilience programme

    2014-12-01T00:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Fujitsu is to pilot an emotional resilience programme for its 10,000 employees in the UK and Ireland.The technology organisation’s aim is to help support its employees’ mental health, after it identified core issues using benefits data, including absence information, sampling from health screening and data from its private medical ...

  • Southern water
    Case Studies

    Southern Water launches cash plan to meet staff demand

    2014-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Just over 68% of the utility’s employees have joined the scheme, which is funded by the organisation, with employees liable only for a small benefit-in-kind tax payment. Suzanne Gregory, reward manager at Southern Water, says: “The cash plan fits really well with our promotion of the wellbeing programme we are ...

  • Emotions
    Analysis

    How emotional intelligence can boost staff health and wellbeing

    2014-12-01T00:00:00Z

    If you read nothing else, read this…An important aspect of emotional intelligence is learning to notice feelings as they occur.Employees can gain access to the deeper, quieter signals in the brain that allow more creative, intuitive and inspired levels of thinking by learning how to calm down the emotional brain, ...

  • Health cash plans
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    Buyer's guide to health cash plans 2014

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    If you read nothing else, read this… A health cash plan is an insurance policy that reimburses the partial or full cost of an employee’s health treatment. They are a cost-effective benefit with which employers can offer employees wide-ranging workplace health and wellbeing support. The costs and cover of ...

  • November 2014 cover
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    Employee Benefits digital magazine – November 2014

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Employers are looking at how enhanced benefits can help them attract and retain the best employees. Read how on page 18Samsung’s focus on innovation runs right through the organisation, and has been key to the evolution of its employee benefits strategy. Read how in on page 58Rewarding employees who are ...

  • November 2014 cover
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    Employee Benefits digital magazine – November 2014

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Employers are looking at how enhanced benefits can help them attract and retain the best employees. Read how in Seducing the talent (page 18)Samsung’s focus on innovation runs right through the organisation, and has been key to the evolution of its employee benefits strategy. Read how in Inspiring change (page ...

  • Scottish-Prison-Service-2014
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    Scottish Prison Service moves eyecare benefit online

    2014-10-21T10:32:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Prison Service has moved its employee eyecare benefit online.All HR managers across the 14 prison service sites now have instant access to its eyecare scheme, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, to offer all staff vouchers for visual display unit (VDU) eyecare and safety eyewear.It uses the vouchers ...

  • Corporate Gym Memberships
    Article

    Landmark offers DNA tests to aid staff health and fitness

    2014-10-10T11:18:00Z

    Landmark Information Group has introduced DNA testing to help employees manage their diet and boost their fitness.Landmark teamed up with British Olympian and Commonwealth 2014 Games Medal winning cyclist Jess Varnish and British nutrigenetics firm DNAFit Life Sciences, to offer DNAFit, which can reveal the best workout and diet to ...

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    Rolls-Royce switches healthcare trust provider

    2014-10-07T11:28:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has switched providers for its healthcare trust.Its new agreement, under which the healthcare trust will be provided by Alliance Surgical, will enable Rolls-Royce to develop a full occupational health strategy.This will enable the organisation to promote employee health and wellbeing throughout the business, with a core focus on health ...

  • SouthernWater-Employee-2014
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    Southern Water launches employer-paid health cash plan

    2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Southern Water has launched an employer-funded health cash plan for its 2,000 employees.The scheme, ‘yourHealth Cash Plan’ provided by Bupa, has achieved more than 68% employee opt in since its launch in July.The organisation launched the scheme after research among employees found that staff wanted assistance with healthcare costs.More ...

  • DWP consultation
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    DWP reduces sickness absence levels

    2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut its sickness absence levels from 7.39 per employee per year in March 2013, to 6.87 days per employee per year at March 2014If the DWP has not reduced its average working days lost due to sickness from its April 2013 levels, ...

  • Sickness absence
    Article

    93% of staff go to work when ill

    2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Some 93% of respondents go into work when ill, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its research, which surveyed 888 employees, found that this percentage is unchanged from 2013.The research also found that 8% of staff only take sick leave if hospitalised or with no other choice and a ...

  • Physiotherapy
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    Airedale NHS improves employees' productivity

    2014-09-05T10:20:00Z

    The fast-track physiotherapy treatment at Bradford District Care Trust (part of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) has resulted in a 60% increase in productivity for staff needing treatment in 2013.The affected employees, which included school and district nurses, social workers and healthcare support workers, also reported an average reduction in pain ...

  • DiscoveryNetworks-Bootcamp-2014
    Case Studies

    Discovery Networks uses data to design health and wellbeing strategy

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks is rolling out a global stress awareness campaign after data from its private medical insurance (PMI) provider, PruHealth, identified stress as an issue among its workforce.Roland Baskeyfield, international compensation and benefits manager at Discovery Networks, says: “We work closely with our PMI provider so we are furnished regularly ...

  • DiscoveryNetworks-Bootcamp-2014
    Analysis

    How employers can use data to design a healthcare strategy

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    If you read nothing else, read this…Data can enable employers to structure a health and wellbeing strategy tailored to the specific needs of their workforce.Claims data from healthcare benefits providers and an organisation’s absence data are key information.Comprehensive, robust data covering the entire workforce can be hard to obtain.A good ...

  • Pattonair-healthcare-award-2014
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    Pattonair recognised for health and wellbeing benefits

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Pattonair has been recognised for its commitment to the healthcare and wellbeing of its 900 employees. The aerospace and defence supply chain service provider has received a Simplyhealth Healthy Workplace award, which recognises the organisation’s health and wellbeing initiatives and benefits.Pattonair offers an employer-funded health cash plan, provided by SimplyHealth, ...

  • Allen-Bob-Allen-Vending-Services-2014
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    Allen Vending Services moves from PMI to health cash plan

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Allen Vending Services has replaced its private medical insurance scheme with a health cash plan in a bid to reduce costs.The vending machine company introduced the Chamber Primary Health Plan from Westfield Health after its PMI premiums increased. So far, the change has received positive feedback from Allen’s 18 members ...

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    Buyer's guide to group dental plans 2014

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s total dental plan market, which covers capitation, dental insurance and dental cover via health cash plans, was estimated to be worth £719 million in 2012, with £95 million of this spent on dental insurance by individuals and employers, according to the Dentistry UK market report – fourth edition ...