All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 25
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ArticleWHSmith commits to becoming fertility-friendly employer
Alex Stoneman Advertising Photography - www.alexstoneman.comWHSmith has committed to becoming a fertility-friendly employer by signing up for membership with Fertility Matters at Work.The retailer decided to gain the accreditation after several employees talked about their own fertility journeys and reached out to their line managers for support, as well as ...
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Supplier articleWays to help staff improve self care at work with DocHQ
As we begin the run-up to Christmas, your staff’s stress levels can rise due to everything that comes with the season, whether it’s an increased workload, a lack of activity due to the dark nights and cold weather, or financial pressures from home.As an HR manager, one way you can ...
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ArticleCity Building signs Dying to Work charter
Glasgow-based building contractor City Building has signed up to the Dying to Work charter to help support employees who become terminally ill.The voluntary charter is part of the Trade Union Congress’ wider Dying to Work campaign, which seeks greater security for terminally ill workers to prevent them losing their jobs ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 3 - 9 November 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 - 9 November 2023 were: Lancashire County Council ordered to pay £800,000 in discrimination caseNon-NHS health staff win one-off bonusLyft and Uber agree to $328m settlement after pay and benefits were withheld35% of staff want financial support through personalised reward and ...
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ArticlePost Malone leaves restaurant employee a $3,000 tip
Credit: Delmiro Junior / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: A waitress based in America has posted online praise of rapper and singer Post Malone, who left her a $3,000 (£2,426) tip at the end of his meal.Sharing her surprise at the tip on Reddit, the waitress explained that the US musician ...
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Supplier articleWays to help staff improve self care at work
As we begin the run-up to Christmas, your staff’s stress levels can rise due to everything that comes with the season, whether it’s an increased workload, a lack of activity due to the dark nights and cold weather, or financial pressures from home.As an HR manager, one way you can ...
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ArticleBishop and Sewell introduces mental health and wellbeing support for staff
London-based law firm Bishop and Sewell has implemented mental health and wellbeing support for employees to help them deal with the pressures of the legal sector.Through the service, which is provided by Thrive Mental Wellbeing, its employees will be able to access anonymous and confidential support services via an app, ...
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Supplier articleDon’t be age blind when supporting a multi-generational workforce
Don’t be age blind when supporting a multi-generational workforce As employers attempt to be more inclusive, they have tended to focus on gender and ethnicity as areas to improve on but there’s another important factor that is being overlooked. And that is age. When we can start ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of diet on mental health
Exercise, mediation, mindfulness and improved sleep are often the first things we assess when we look at ways to improve our mental health. But one element that’s often overlooked is diet.There have been numerous studies that have found links between certain foods and lowered mood. But in combination with a ...
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Supplier articleBE STRESS-AWARE & GET THE BEST FROM YOUR PEOPLE
It’s National Stress Awareness Day, and we’re joining the campaign to raise awareness of stress in the workplace and remove the stigma. During this blog, we’ll explore the causes of workplace stress, generational and gender differences, and how you can reduce employee stress to create a happier and healthier workforce. ...
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ArticleRevolution Bars Group implements suicide prevention and mental health tool
Bars and pubs operator Revolution Bars Group has installed a suicide and mental health prevention tool across all its internal computer networks to strengthen its commitment to supporting its employees.All staff accounts and computers that use the group’s internal wi-fi network will be protected by the R;pple tool, which automatically ...
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ArticleLancashire County Council ordered to pay £800,000 in discrimination case
An employment tribunal has ruled that Lancashire County Council must pay out more than £800,000 to a teacher who was made to reapply for her job while on sick leave with cancer and then sacked.Anne Healey worked as an early years specialist for the council’s schools improvement service since 2012 ...
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Supplier articleThe cost of money worries
New research from WEALTH at work[1] has revealed that many full-time workers admit that money worries are impacting their work, with 23% struggling to concentrate and 15% saying their productivity has decreased. 16% have also incurred debts for the first time in their professional lives this year (excluding mortgage debt).Furthermore, ...
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Article30% took leave for fertility treatment without telling employer
Almost one-third (30%) of employees took annual, sick or unpaid leave from work for fertility treatment without telling their employer the real reason, according to research by Fertifa and Fertility Network UK.The research, which collated more than 3,600 responses to reveal the impact of fertility challenges on individuals in the ...
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ArticleShiseido introduces postpartum support for staff
Credit: yu_photo / Shutterstock.comJapanese cosmetics business Shiseido has launched a postpartum service to provide support to employees with children under three months old.From this month, employees at Shiseido and its partner firms will be able to access housework and childcare assistance by licensed, qualified postpartum care professionals. It is available ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 27 October - 2 November 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 27 October - 2 November 2023 were: Lakeland introduces new staff wellbeing supportWorker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill receives Royal AssentGrant Thornton, EY and KPMG among 2023’s 100 Best CompaniesAIB to introduce bonus and healthcare benefits for employeesNHS Scotland launches ...
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Article4.4 million employees are covered by corporate health insurance
More than four million people are now covered by health insurance through their employer, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).The number of employees benefitting from health insurance increased by 8% from four million in 2021 to 4.4 million in 2022. Meanwhile, workplace policies also saw a ...
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Article88% experiencing more symptoms of burnout
Almost nine in 10 (88%) Britons are experiencing more burnout symptoms than usual, according to research by Cigna Healthcare.Its 2023 Vitality study, which surveyed 10,800 respondents in the US, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Kenya, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, Singapore, and the Hong Kong SAR, also found that half ...
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How BT supports employees to build financial resilience and prepare for retirement
https://youtu.be/WOTiF16Lx64Research[1] by WEALTH at work found that 83% of employees are concerned that the cost of-living crisis will mean they will have to work longer before retiring and 33% think they won’t ever be able to afford to retire at all.Making regular contributions into a pension pot is also becoming ...
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Supplier articleHow living with pain increases stress and reduces productivity at work
To mark National Stress Awareness Day, health and wellbeing company DocHQ highlights how living with chronic pain can result in your employees suffering from high stress levels at work.Chronic pain can impact many parts of life, not least work. For those who are suffering from conditions, whether short-term or long-term, ...