All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 71
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ArticleStagecoach staff raise £1,000 for children's charity
Bus and coach operator Stagecoach, which employs 23,000 people in the UK, has raised upwards of £1,000 for Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity.As part of the organisation's Giving for Good initiative, which supports its commitment to donate 0.5% of pre-tax profits to charitable causes on an annual basis, the 'Marvellous ...
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Supplier article5 ways to help your staff save during a cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis is affecting us all - in various degrees and in different ways.As prices surge everywhere you look, from supermarket shelves to your energy meter, the idea of trying to set aside savings seems impossible.But the lack of a cash buffer is causing many people stress ...
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Supplier articleOne in three firms 'wellbeing-washing'
We’re all talking much more about mental health than ever before - especially at work.Society’s come leaps and bounds in recent years with regards to having open conversations about the challenges we face - from worries about money to stress around juggling our jobs with childcare - and many businesses ...
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Supplier articleHow to poach-proof your team in 2023
Expanding your business with the best talent is an essential step in growing the company. Unfortunately, every other company in the world has the exact same agenda, so you’re competing with their best efforts to attract and retain top-tier talent, too.While a signed contract signifies commitment, temptation will always lurk ...
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Supplier articleYOUR 2023 AMBITIONS: HOW TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLBEING AT WORK
We’re approaching January. A time when we start thinking about our good intentions for the year ahead. Unfortunately, new year’s resolutions are often broken, which is why the 19th of January is dubbed ‘Quitters Day’. One of Sodexo Engage’s Mental Health First Aiders, Debbie Evans, talks about ...
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Supplier articleCost of living crisis causes employees to reduce healthcare costs
More than eight in 10 UK employees (81%) have had to reduce their spending on healthcare costs, such as optician appointments, dental services and physiotherapy, due to the cost-of-living crisis, according to Health Shield Friendly Society.In the survey of 590 UK working adults, one in three (32%) respondents say they ...
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Supplier articleWhy your benefits package isn’t very beneficial
A good workplace benefits package is the perfect way to show that your company cares about its employees both at work and during life outside the office. Attractive benefits help your business to stand out to new recruits, particularly among younger Millennial and Gen Z workers who look for more ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to financial education
What is financial education? Financial education as a benefit can take many forms. At its simplest, it could mean providing online or workplace-based resources which employees can access in order to boost their understanding of their finances and the benefits available to them. At the higher end, financial education programmes ...
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Supplier articleWhat is The Eldercare Exit?
How to recognise and ease the signs of caregiver burnoutForget French Exits, Quiet Quitting and other newfangled terms associated with employees boycotting the workplace. The Eldercare Exit is well underway and is only going to become more exacerbated over the next few years:By 2024, the ONS predicts more employees will ...
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Supplier articleIS STRESS PUSHING YOU TOO FAR? TAKE A BURNOUT SYMPTOMS TEST
It might surprise you to hear that in recent years over three-quarters of UK workers have suffered burnout in one form or another, with workplace stress quoted as the source. It would be easy to take these statistics as a reflection on the state of ...
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Supplier article5 top tips on how to keep your New Year’s resolution
Follow these tips to make your New Year’s resolution last longer than JanuaryWith January around the corner, it’s that time of year when people start making their New Year’s resolutions. Although sayings such as “new year, new me” start to circulate, in reality the majority of people will fail to ...
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Supplier article4 ways financial wellbeing can help beyond the cost of living crisis
For many of us, our journey into financial education starts when we leave home.It often feels like we’ve been thrown in the deep end - with a salary to manage, tax to understand and rent to pay - because we did not learn these vital lessons at school.Claro Wellbeing research ...
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Supplier article2023 Employee Benefits Trends: How do your benefits stack up?
Through 2022, we all faced quite volatile macroenvironmental circumstances to say the least.Through 2023, businesses will face recessionary challenges along with changing employee expectations.Employee benefits will play a key role in supporting the overall pay, benefits and compensation package to help employers build and maintain strong teams and weather the ...
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Supplier articleThe five best budget friendly Christmas gifts for your employees
When you reach the last calendar month, there are many tell-tale signs it’s nearly Christmas. Office attire has switched to thermals and dangly Christmas tree earrings, Heart Christmas Radio is on repeat, and the workload dies down as you start putting tasks on next year’s to-do list.Yet, December is also ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 December 2022 were: Northern Ireland government confirms £1,400 NHS pay awardJacob’s Cream Crackers gives 6.5% pay riseGovernment awards £1.97 million to help women in the workplaceEmployers using pay to drive performance outperform peersBillionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively ...
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Supplier articleThe Carers Leave Bill - Is It Enough for your Employees?
Recently, there has been a huge step in the right direction for the support of those in the workplace with caregiving responsibilities. The Carer’s Leave Bill, which grants ‘unpaid carers’ a week of unpaid leave has been approved and backed by the Government.According to The Carers Trust, an unpaid carer ...
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Supplier articleSix ways to support employees with money worries
The current and growing cost of living crisis that’s now impacting so many people across the UK could prove to be even more of a disruptor to employees than the pandemic was. According to our recent survey, over 9 in 10 workers say the cost of living crisis is as ...
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Supplier articlePAID VOLUNTEERING AND THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
When business leaders and HR managers sit down to think about how to boost their employee value proposition, conversations turn to the three pillars of well-being – financial, physical, and mental – and the employee benefits available. Whilst these form the basis of a robust well-being and ...
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Supplier articleCould Your Employees Be Suffering From Caregiver Burnout?
If your employees are managing eldercare responsibilities alongside their day-to-day role, they could be experiencing caregiver burnout as a result.Caregiver burnout is when you are at least part-responsible physically, emotionally, or financially for somebody else and you find yourself in a state of complete exhaustion because of those responsibilities.“The ageing ...
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AnalysisWhat will the top reward trends be in 2023?
The cost-of-living crisis and looming recession has led to a stronger focus on support which will follow into the new year, with some employers looking at cost-effective options.Due to the struggle for talent and the rising costs of living, pay awards are expected to be higher next year than in ...