All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 248
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Madgex launches mindfulness workshops
EXCLUSIVE: Madgex has launched a series of mindfulness workshops for its employees to help reduce stress in the workplace.The workshops, which were delivered by wellness consultancy The Tonic, introduced staff to the concept of mindful living and its benefits with practical techniques including mindful meditation.Employees explored how to manage mental ...
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ArticleEmployers not always liable for adjustments in absence cases
An Employment Appeals Tribunal has upheld an Employment Tribunal decision that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) did not have a duty to make reasonable adjustments while an employee was unfit to return to work.Doran v DWP is a useful reminder that an employer’s duty to make reasonable adjustments ...
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ArticleDisney, Pepsi and Starbucks to take part in wellbeing event
Swarovski, Pepsi Co, The Walt Disney Company, Starbucks Coffee Company and CBS News are among more than 50 employers at Chiswick Park that will participate in a wellbeing event for staff at the beginning of February. The event, which is part of the business park’s Enjoy Work programme and is ...
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ArticleBettelley's Brooding: The challenges of Fit for Work
The pensions market is a case in point, as an increasing number of employers have moved from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes for their workforces in a bid to share the associated costs and risks.Meanwhile, employers have been urged to support employee health and wellbeing through government public health ...
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ArticleOne in three middle-aged employees feel constantly stressed
One in three middle-aged employees feel constantly stressed and take more sick leave than any other age group, according to research by insurer Axa PPP Healthcare. Its research of more than 2,000 people found that 38% of employees aged 30 to 49 feel stressed all or most of the time.The ...
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ArticleBirmingham Children’s Hospital offers staff weight loss classes
Birmingham Children’s Hospital will offer all 3,500 members of its staff access to free fitness classes and a slimming club to highlight national obesity awareness week (starting 12 January).Between 10 and 15 members of staff are expected to attend each session in the programme, which will continue until the end ...
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ArticleVolvo introduces driver eyecare vouchers
Volvo Car UK has introduced eycare e-vouchers for employees who drive at work. The car manfacturer started offering the e-vouchers, provided by Specsavers Eyecare, in November 2014. Employees who use the e-voucher, which covers the cost of a full eye examination, can print it out or present it on a ...
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Article65% manage absence through HR and line managers
Two-thirds (65%) of respondents manage absence through the combined efforts between HR and line managers,according to research by HR, talent management and payroll software provider Midland HR.Its Understanding absence management study, which surveyed more 120 HR professionals, also found that 85% rely on reports to assist with communicating about the ...
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ArticleLookers launches employee discounts scheme
Lookers Motor Group has introduced an employee discounts scheme for its more than 5,000 employees. The vehicle marques organisation launched its Nicer Rewards scheme, which is provided by Personal Group, on 12 January 2015.The scheme includes more than 8,000 retail discounts from high street retailers, such as Argos, Asda, Sainsbury’s ...
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ArticleLuton and Dunstable Hospital boosts staff wellbeing
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has increased the wellbeing of its employees using a free health programme.The organisation implemented the British Heart Foundation’s Health at Work programme around four years ago and bases health-related activities, designed to raise awareness of health issues among staff on information provided by the foundation.December’s ...
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Article27% fail to comply with eyecare legislation
EXCLUSIVE: More than a quarter (27%) of employer respondents are failing to comply with health and safety display screen equipment legislation, according to research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.The regulations require employers to communicate the details of their eyecare policy to staff. Specsavers’ research found that more than two-thirds (69%) of ...
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ArticleBuyers’ guide to corporate gym memberships
The facts What 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 channel Who ...
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AnalysisHow emotional intelligence can boost staff health and wellbeing
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, ...
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Case StudiesSouthern Water launches cash plan to meet staff demand
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 ...
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ArticleFujitsu to pilot emotional resilience programme
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 ...
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ArticleFit for Work service launches
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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ArticleBuyer's guide to health cash plans 2014
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 ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits digital magazine – November 2014
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 ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits digital magazine – November 2014
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 ...
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ArticleScottish Prison Service moves eyecare benefit online
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 ...