All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 80
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ArticleJulie Cridland: What benefits do you offer to support employees through the menopause?
I have spent the last four years working with incredibly brave women, listening and learning how to support them to thrive through their menopause. As a result of their input, the support community we have built at Aster through trust, openness and action has made a huge positive difference ...
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ArticleTheresa Winters: What benefits do you offer to support employees through the menopause?
We are passionate about supporting the health and wellbeing of our employees going through menopause and our aim is to normalise discussion and support for menopause across our organisation to enable our people to get the support they need when they need it. Menopause is a workplace topic, and everyone ...
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ArticleKelly Blackburn: What benefits do you offer to support employees through the menopause?
Phoebus Software (PSL) is a company that takes the menopause very seriously.We introduced a specific menopause wellness policy at the start of this year, but we wanted to make sure that it was a lot more than a few pages of fine text and there is a whole series of ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2022 welcomes delegates to ExCeL London
Employee Benefits Live 2022 is welcoming delegates to its annual industry event, taking place at ExCeL London on 5 and 6 October 2022.The two-day conference and exhibition, which is the largest dedicated reward and benefits event in Europe, brings together more than 1,500 industry professionals looking to stay at the ...
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ArticleTribunal awards £36,000 to woman denied flexible working
An employment tribunal has awarded more than £36,000 to a woman whose employer, the British Deaf Association, denied her request for reduced hours and flexible working arrangements after having a baby.Lisanne Hedger left her role as a project manager for British Deaf Association when her boss refused to approve her ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Nespresso UK to discuss evolving approaches to wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Hallett (pictured), head of HR at Nespresso UK and Republic of Ireland, will present the closing keynote on wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live 2022 this week.Titled ‘The purposeful people plan - how Nespresso is implementing a whole-person approach to employee wellbeing’, the keynote will take place in Theatre ...
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Supplier articleWHY YOU SHOULD LET YOUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE THEIR OWN REWARDS THIS CHRISTMAS
The festive season will soon be upon us! Party planning is starting, corporate gifts are being ordered, and conversations around employee Christmas rewards have begun. For many, the talk will be about a Christmas bonus, determined by revenue and performance. Although bonuses have long been an appreciated ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to health cash plans
What are health cash plans?The origins of health cash plans can be traced back to the 19th century when they were originally provided by charitable or non-profit organisations. As a support system that pre-dates the creation of the NHS in 1948, cash plans helped employees pay for their various healthcare ...
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ArticleiGO4 signs Menopause Workplace pledge and covers HRT cost for staff
Digital insurance business iGO4 has pledged to cover the cost of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for employees, and has signed the Menopause Workplace pledge.The firm, which employs around 300 members of staff, signed the pledge in order to demonstrate its commitment to recognising the impact of the menopause, and the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: DFS Furniture Group expands family-friendly support
EXCLUSIVE: DFS Furniture Group, which includes the brands DFS, Sofology and The Sofa Delivery Company, has introduced fertility, pregnancy and early parenthood support for its 5,500 employees.Provided by digital health app Peppy, the assistance includes access to one-to-one private messaging and video consultations, peer-to-peer group chat and support, live broadcasts, ...
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Supplier article4 key lessons for HR from the latest HR and employee benefits research
Recently we pulled together insights from some of the HR industry’s most important research into one article to give us an idea of how the world of work is looking, covering a range of topics, including financial wellbeing, health and wellbeing and recruitment and retention. They also ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 23 - 29 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 23 and 29 September 2022 were: Government scraps 45% tax rate on incomes above £150,000Natwest Group replaces paternity leave with inclusive partner policyGovernment drops income tax basic rate to 19% one year earlyHSBC UK and Bristol Myers Squibb named among top menopause ...
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AnalysisAre employers doing enough to support employees’ mental health in today’s climate?
There are a range of measures that employers can implement to help break the stigma surrounding mental health and offer support to their workforce.Identifying a wellbeing lead or training employees as mental health first aiders can be a first step to creating a support strategy.As cost-of-living increases continue to affect ...
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Case StudiesSpringwell School benchmarks workplace wellbeing with tools and support
Springwell School, a primary school for children aged 4-11 years with complex learning difficulties which employs 231 members of staff, introduced a new digital mental health provider in September 2022.All of its teachers, teaching support staff, on-site staff and governors, as well as the partners of employees or one family ...
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Case StudiesRicoh UK provides range of wellbeing aid to support mental health
Ricoh UK, a hardware, software and services firm employing 2,000 employees across the UK and Ireland, has a variety of commitments in place to support employees across all levels with their mental health as and when they need it.Its initiatives include the Mental Health at Work Commitment, endorsed by Business ...
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ArticleBNP Paribas enhances paid parental leave policy for US staff
BNP Paribas is to enhance its paid parental leave policy for all eligible US employees.From 1 October, it will offer up to 24 weeks of fully paid leave for the birth parent and up to 16 weeks fully paid leave for the non-birth parent.The organisation has made these enhancements as ...
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Article86% of employers have seen a higher demand for international working
Employee Benefits poll: Almost nine in 10 (86%) of employers have seen a recent growth in demand for international working, and now have more people working for them based in different countries.In comparison, only one in 10 (9%) respondents to an online survey conducted by Employee Benefits said that they ...
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Supplier articleWHY HAPPINESS AT WORK MATTERS
When the average UK employee spends over 82,000 hours in the workplace over their lifetime, it’s easy to understand why the 19th to the 25th September has been claimed by the International Week of Happiness at Work. Initially a Dutch initiative, it is now recognised internationally and ...
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Supplier articleAssessing organisational wellbeing: 3 questions to get you started
Author : Nicola Hemmings - Head of Workplace Psychology at Koa Health - Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing Solutions Organisational wellbeing is no longer a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. With an estimated annual total cost for mental health-related employee absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover of £53-56 billion[1] in 2020-2021, a ...
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ArticleHSBC UK and Bristol Myers Squibb named among top menopause friendly employers
Pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers Squibb and banks HSBC UK and Santander all took home awards at the inaugural Menopause Friendly Employer Awards ceremony on 22 September.The awards consisted of 10 categories, with Bristol Myers Squibb winning the Menopause friendly employer of the year and Best trained workforce awards. Santander UK ...