All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 68
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Supplier articleAHEAD OF BLUE MONDAY… TAKE STEPS TO BOOST MENTAL RESILIENCE
Monday 16th January is the third Monday of the month and has long been dubbed Blue Monday. So named due to the wet and grey weather, personal guilt over the Christmas binge, and post-Christmas finances. Employee mental wellbeing should always be a business priority, but with this ...
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Supplier article5 key skills that carers bring to the workplace
*Ping*Another email lands in your inbox. Another CV. You open it up eager to take a look at a prospective new employee. You want experience, expertise and a proven track record. It looks good. Very good. You scan the cover letter and something catches you off guard. This applicant is ...
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Supplier article5 mistakes you're making in a wellbeing webinar
Webinars are being increasingly used by businesses to inform, teach new skills and inspire change and reflection in their target market. However, as with any kind of presentation, you’re up against waning attention spans and cynics in the audience. We’ve outlined some of the common traps businesses ...
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Article55% of UK staff want more reward and recognition investment
More than half (55%) of UK employees want their employer to increase its investment in employee reward and recognition, according to reseerch by employee engagement platform Reward Gateway.Its 2023 Employee engagement trends report, which surveyed more than 3,000 employees across four global regions, also found that more than half of ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Making the most of Blue Monday
A belated Happy New Year to you all!By now, Christmas feels like a distant memory, as many of us settle back into the usual day-to-day routine. Despite all the promise that a new year often brings, January can prove a difficult month for many, thanks to factors such as the ...
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Supplier articleHow to help your employees cope with the January blues
As we approach the third Monday of January, supposedly we will also reach the most depressing day of the year. Dubbed “Blue Monday”, the 16th of January is the day that the new year reality hits us: we’re all freezing, broke and annoyed that our new year’s resolutions haven’t lasted ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 6 January - 12 January 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 6 January - 12 January 2023 were: Ann Summers reports 35.2% mean gender pay gapMastercard and Google rank among best workplaces for 2023Halo Trust introduces employee engagement and happiness tool Taylor Swift's feline friend earns £81.6 million as animal influencerSantander Consumer UK ...
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Supplier article5 Reasons Why You Need ‘Employee of the Month' Awards
What is Employee of the Month?The Employee of the Month award enables employers to commend their team for effort and achievements. Many companies use this as a way of showing appreciation, congratulating, and even motivating staff. There are many other ways that Employee of the Month awards can benefit your ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO CREATE THE COMPLETE EMPLOYEE WELLBEING OFFERING
Let’s get your 2023 wellbeing offering off the ground! We wrapped up 2022 with a review of what the businesses that made it onto the year’s top employer’s lists did to secure their spots. Whilst there was a strong focus on career development and social value, wellbeing ...
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Supplier articleThe main causes of stress in the workplace
New data shows how one in 14 UK adults feel stressed every single day. A big contributor to stress can be work. If you’re feeling stressed at work, it is important to assess how you work to identify any problems which may be causing you any grievances.In situations such as ...
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Case StudiesHootsuite uses feedback from LGBTQIA+ employees to inform its benefits package
Social media management organisation Hootsuite, which employs around 1,000 people, has implemented a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and more (LGBTQIA+)-friendly initiatives. These include a restructuring of employee benefits, with increased coverage for mental health, fertility treatment, and gender affirmation surgeries, and the establishment of a ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support LGBTQ+ employees?
Need to know:In ensuring that they are supporting employees from within the LGBTQ+ community, employers need to talk to and gain feedback from their employees to establish their needs and identify areas where they feel support is lacking.The inclusion of LGBT+-friendly benefits, such as gender transitioning treatment, fertility and parental ...
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Supplier articleHow to Support Your Employees During the Cost of Living Crisis This January
It’s all you hear on the news, ‘the Cost of Living Crisis’— a time of sky-high interest rates, food prices, and surreal energy bills. In November 2022, the UK’s inflation rate hit 10.7%, surpassing that of the US and France. Despite the introduction of price caps and new emergency policies, ...
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Supplier articleStruggling to source the best talent for your business? Stop hiding your benefits and enhance your talent strategy with these tips
Is your business trying to source the best talent - and struggling? According to HiringPeople, 87% of companies have found it difficult to fill job openings in 2022. So, why do many businesses hide their rewards and recognition schemes? Why do others fail to understand how beneficial these can be ...
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ArticleMastercard and Google rank among best workplaces for 2023
Technology firm Google and financial services business Mastercard were among those named on the UK's Best Places to Work list for 2023, put together by Glassdoor.The top three employers on the list were management consultancies Bain and Company and Boston Consulting Group, and software firm ServiceNow.Glassdoor compiled the ninth annual ...
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Supplier articleHow to motivate your team through the January blues
With such a high from the festivities over the Christmas period, the new year can often lead to mixed emotions. At first everyone feels the buzz of the “new year, new me” mantras but before long you may be feeling overwhelmed. This uneasy feeling at the start of the new ...
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Supplier articleThe 3 pillars of employee wellbeing
Employee wellbeing has three pillars: physical, mental and financial.Today, each is recognised as critical to developing a strong, healthy organisation.Get employee wellbeing right, and it can help you build what McKinsey, a global management consulting firm, would class as a “non-traditional employee value proposition”. This is where you make your ...
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ArticleTurning Point Scotland to pay £4,000 in unfair dismissal case
Scottish social care charity Turning Point Scotland has been ordered to pay £4,000 in compensation to a former employee, after it was found to have contributed to her emotional distress.A Glasgow employment tribunal heard that the charity was accused of the unfair dismissal and breach of contract of S Mutter ...
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ArticleHalo Trust introduces employee engagement and happiness tool
Image credit: k1777 / Shutterstock.comHumanitarian landmine clearance organisation The Halo Trust has launched an employee engagement and happiness programme for its approximately 13,000-strong global workforce.Implemented in conjunction with The Happiness Index’s digital platform, Halo Trust staff have been given access to a range of neuroscience-based surveys in order to share ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Average EAP usage reaches 12% for 2022
The average usage figure for employee assistance programmes (EAPs) among UK employers in 2022 reached 12%, compared with 11.4% last year, according to the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA).The report Financial return on EAPs 2023: Managing the rise of complexity and employees at risk was based on evidence provided by ...