All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 58
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AnalysisHow to ensure a mental wellbeing strategy delivers on its promises
Employers need to recognise that mental health support is a shared responsibility which needs to be a genuine priority, underpinned by a clear strategy that both understands and addresses causes and contributors.Tangible benefits, services, policies and practices that support employees are essential to ensure that mental wellbeing is part of ...
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Case StudiesBauer Media UK delivers on wellbeing promises
Media group Bauer Media UK has offered its around 1,700 employees mental wellbeing benefits and initiatives for many years, including a partnership with Mental Health First Aid England introduced in 2018 to train staff to become mental health first aiders.The group, which employs 16,000 employees across the 13 countries it ...
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OpinionAlexandra Farmer: Further protections needed for pregnant employees
The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill is well on its way through the House of Lords. Currently at committee stage - at which point every clause of the bill has to be agreed and votes on amendments can take place - the bill will give further protections ...
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Supplier articleHow to observe Stress Awareness Month this April
Each April is Stress Awareness Month. Stress is a sleeper danger in the human body, and can cause multiple and varied health issues, such as high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. This month, we are focusing on raising awareness of our professional stressors – but, more critically, solutions and/or ...
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Supplier articleHow to Encourage an Active Lifestyle at Work
The clocks have gone forward, and Spring has finally sprung. We get to say goodbye to those dark 5 pm finishes and hello to lighter evenings. The new season brings longer daylight hours, helping to encourage a new focus on your health and wellbeing.Whether you aim to start walking to ...
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ArticleSoutheastern accredited as menopause-friendly employer
Credit: JohnGK / Shutterstock.comTrain transport business Southeastern has been accredited as a menopause-friendly employer.Established by Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, accreditation is awarded to employers with proven practices that embrace and support those experiencing the menopause in the workplace. Organisations are assessed on the effectiveness of their culture, policies and ...
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Supplier articleNEURODIVERSITY AT WORK: CREATE A CULTURE OF SUPPORT & INCLUSIVITY
Neurodiversity Celebration Week took place from 13th to the 19th March, aiming to raise global awareness of neurodiversity and celebrate different minds. You may wonder why we’ve waited to post this article until now, but there’ a good reason for the delay. When it comes to subjects ...
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OpinionRiaan van Wyk: What positive versus negative resilience means for employers
UK employees have not had it easy over the last few years. Pressures on their finances, mental wellbeing and physical health have been almost ever present since the start of the pandemic in 2020, and the last six months has seen a cost-of-living crisis amplify these pressures further.To understand how ...
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Supplier articlePractical guide for actionable financial wellbeing advice for employers
We’ve taken our collective financial wellbeing knowledge, expertise, and experience of leading the market to write this practical guide of actionable guidance for employers. At the end of the piece, you’ll have everything you need to know to support the financial health of their employees. Whether you have solutions in ...
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Supplier articleTHE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE SERIES: BOOSTING THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE THROUGH RECOGNITION
We often talk about employee experience here at Sodexo Engage, but it’s been a while since we dug deep into what it is. WHAT IS THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE? In a nutshell, employee experience is what we see and experience while at work, from the moment a candidate ...
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ArticleCentral Co-op enhances health and medical benefits
Food and funeral care retailer Central Co-op has introduced enhanced health and medical benefits for its around 7,600 employees as of this week.The employer, which operates across the Midlands and East Anglia, has launched the DigiCare+ app through a partnership with Aviva. Staff can order an annual health check test ...
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Supplier articleHow do employee benefits affect employee engagement?
Employee engagement is defined as the mental and emotional connection or commitment that an employee has to the company they work for and its wider values. This goes beyond employees doing the day-to-day role that is expected of them and can have a big impact on your ...
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Supplier articleHow to Implement the ‘S’ in ESG in your business today
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a hot topic on everybody’s tongue; from employers to employees, stakeholders to investors, ESG is key to snagging the most conscious investors, promoting strong organisation identity, and attracting and retaining the best talent.In 2023, the ‘S’ in ESG will be bigger than ever, and ...
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Supplier articleHow to gain executive buy-in for your employee engagement initiatives
Engaged employees drive ROI and are a huge competitive advantage. And while HR can shout it from the rooftops, and have a master plan to make a huge change across the business, it can still be a challenging task to get the final sign-off for your HR initiatives.Start your case ...
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Supplier articleHow onHand makes employee volunteering worth your while
Do you find that, even though your company offers perks like volunteering hours, the uptake is low?It’s pretty common for organisations to offer charity or volunteering hours and not see much engagement. Employees can have a multitude of different reasons for not taking up volunteering hours, and usually a one-size-fits-all ...
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Supplier articleHow to support your employees' financial wellbeing through hybrid working
According to Reward Gateway’s recent research*, 45% of employees who rate their wellbeing support as ‘poor’ say that cost of living pressures are making it more difficult to focus and be productive at work.With inflation causing steep rises across many day-to-day costs, employees are looking to their employers to help ...
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Supplier articleTHE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE LIFECYCLE
B2B INSIGHTS: THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE SERIES: THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE LIFECYCLE Welcome to the first of our blogs in our B2B Insights: The Employee Experience Series, explaining the employee experience lifecycle and why it matters. THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE LIFECYCLE EXPLAINED Understanding and supporting your employees is essential to ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Atradius' reward strategy supports employees through cost-of-living crisis
Employee Benefits · Employee Benefits/Atradius podcasListen: In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Anne Middleton, head of HR for the UK and Ireland at Atradius, details how the organisation supports its employees' financial and mental wellbeing during difficult economic times.The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for the trade credit ...
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Case StudiesBenefits on offer at Atradius
Pension and group riskTrust-based defined contribution pension with 12% employer, 3% employee minimum contributions.Additional voluntary contributions.Group income protection benefit that pays 75% up to state retirement age.Life assurance at 10-times salary.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance (PMI), subsidised for all employees. Employees pay £30 per month for individual cover and up ...
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ArticleDentons signs menopause friendly employer pledge
Global law firm Dentons has signed up to the Menopause Friendly Workplace programme.The firm, which employs 21,000 employees in more than 80 countries, has made efforts to become a menopause-friendly employer by creating a supportive working environment that includes health support, flexible working arrangements and relevant training for managers and ...