All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 240
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AnalysisHow oral healthcare can help to boost staff wellbeing
If you read nothing else, read this…Periodontitis (gum disease) is the most common chronic disease in humans.Giving staff access to dental healthcare can help to boost their general wellbeing.Dental healthcare can be a key indicator in the detection and early diagnosis of many more serious illnesses.In March, Denplan ran a ...
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ArticleClare Bettelley: Employers' support for employee health is lacking
Employee Benefits’ Workplace health report: strategies in practice is designed to help organisations do just that by exploring some of the key healthcare issues affecting workforces, so they can learn when and how to take a more preventative approach to supporting staff who are struggling to perform at their best, ...
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ArticleCost of benefits is biggest barrier to staff health and wellbeing
Most employers (69%) cite benefits costs as the major hurdle they face in managing the health of their workforce, with 48% citing employees’ lack of understanding about how best to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing as the second biggest challenge. Interestingly, just 19% of respondents to the ...
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Analysis
Employers should provide appropriate care for musculoskeletal complaints
Musculoskeletal conditions are one of the main causes of workplace absence in the UK, and, unsurprisingly, represent the leading cost in healthcare claims and absence for almost all employers.In 2009, Aviva UK Health identified that early intervention and access to effective care pathways were essential to reducing workplace absence and ...
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Opinion
MC Schraefel: How employers can reduce staff absence caused by chronic workplace pain
If you read nothing else, read this…Workplace pain is a familiar experience to most people.Employers should offer staff opportunities to move about throughout the day.Organisations have to commit to embedding wellbeing practices into their culture to optimise their success.Pain is a vicious cycle that often causes people to become more ...
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Article66% manage sickness absence as business risk
Two-thirds (66%) of respondents proactively manage sickness absence as a business risk, according to research by EEF and Jelf Employee Benefits.The eleventh 2014 Sickness absence survey, which surveyed 335 manufacturing organisations, found that nearly two-fifths (39%) of respondents do not set a sickness absence target.Of those that did set a ...
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Case StudiesChiswick Park makes fitness classes visible for workers
The business park, which houses employers such as Absolute, Disney Discovery, Paramount and Starbucks, runs a variety of regular health and wellbeing events, which are available to 8,000 employees across 45 organisations.It also hosts annual wellness weeks with a focus on information seminars and one-to-one health clinics.In 2014, classes and ...
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ArticleDanone extends access to employer-paid health checks
EXCLUSIVE: Danone has extended access to employer-paid health screenings to all of its 1,300 UK employees.Previously, only senior staff, who represent around 10% of the workforce, had access to the benefit.The food manufacturer introduced the scheme during its flexible benefits enrolment window in April.Since then, 48% of employees have signed ...
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ArticleGym membership and retail discounts top voluntary perks
Gym membership and retail or leisure discounts are the most commonly offered benefits via voluntary benefits schemes, according to The Benefits Research 2014, which surveyed 256 respondents in March 2014.Over the past few years, employers have increasingly taken a proactive approach to employee wellbeing, which may explain why gym membership ...
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ArticleBank of America Merrill Lynch aids staff weight loss
EXCLUSIVE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) employees have lost a total of 74.6 kilograms (kg) since the bank launched a weight management programme in January.The programme, ‘Weight a Minute’, aims to encourage employees to proactively review their eating habits, increase fitness activity and to make these changes sustainable.During the ...
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ArticleWorkplace walking campaign launches
National charities Living Streets and Mind have teamed up to help employers keep their workforce well and motivated during Walk to Work Week, which runs from 12 to 16 May.The campaign aims to encourage organisations to help employees build some walking into their day to benefit their physical and mental ...
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Case StudiesJP Morgan overcomes challenges to win finance director buy-in
But when Adam Brooke, vice-president, employee benefits (UK), set out to introduce the initiative in 2010, he faced the same challenges many benefits professionals encounter.“We had always offered health screening to employees over the age of 40, but we wanted to open this up to all employees,” he says. “This ...
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AnalysisTop tips for introducing on-site fitness classes
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers should determine employee interest before introducing fitness classes in the workplace.A suitable location with adequate capacity for class attendees is key. Health and safety should be the primary consideration for employers’ class programme strategies.However, setting up an on-site fitness or wellbeing class is ...
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Article67% go to work when ill
More than two-thirds (67%) of respondents have gone to work when they were sick, according to research by Axa PPP Healthcare.Its online research, which surveyed 2,000 employees, found that 21% of respondents blamed a heavy workload for going to work when they were ill.Other reasons included:18% felt guilty about staying ...
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ArticleRegisters of Scotland enhances eyecare benefits
Registers of Scotland has enhanced the eyecare benefits it provides to staff.The land and property register has launched an e-voucher system, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, which includes an eye test, £65 towards glasses, if required, and £35-worth of store vouchers.The system allows employees to order and redeem vouchers electronically. ...
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Article47% know a colleague who has quit work due to stress
Nearly half (47%) of respondents know a colleague who has quit work due to stress, according to research by Capita Employee Benefits.Its second Annual employee insight report, which interviewed more than 3,000 UK employees, found that 79% of respondents have been stressed at work in the past year.The research also ...
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ArticleBarnett Waddingham launches wellbeing modelling tool
Barnett Waddingham has launched a wellbeing data analysis modelling tool to help organisations identify specific health risks among their workforce.The employee benefits and pensions consultancy’s tool, BWell, is aimed at recommending appropriate strategies to develop a wellbeing programme for an employer that is tailored to its workforce’s specific health risks. ...
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Article
Wates Group to launch on-site wellbeing kiosks
EXCLUSIVE: Wates Group is to roll out on-site wellbeing kiosks in 2014.The construction organisation will roll our kiosks for all employees, including contract staff, after trialling an on-site wellbeing kiosk, provided by The Wellbeing People, at its Leatherhead site in April 2013.There will be two kiosks that move around Wates ...
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Article
Telefonica switches occupational health providers
Telefonica UK has switched providers for its occupational health service.The technology organisation’s new service, which is available for its 8,000 employees, delivers a range of online, telephone and face-to-face occupational health services.These include:Task and job-specific new-employee health screening.Absence management referrals.Health surveillance.Wellbeing and treatment services.Provider Corpore’s health professionals will also carry ...
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