All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 92
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AnalysisHow will the future of work affect the wellbeing and engagement of employees?
Employers will need to ensure they are focusing on wellbeing and redefining the employee experience so that workers can thrive.The pandemic has shown that working models can change overnight, making it essential that employers tailor their wellbeing initiatives to their employees’ evolving needs.Organisation-wide corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can offer ...
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ArticleSpencer Clarke Group launches workplace wellness drive
Recruitment agency Spencer Clarke Group has announced a range of initiatives to improve the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of its 20 employees.The Wellness in the Workplace policy includes a monthly £50 wellness benefit, which can be put towards healthy perks such as gym memberships, private dental care, massages, physiotherapy ...
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Case StudiesTall Group of Companies ensures staff feel valued and recognised for their efforts
The Tall Group of Companies specialises in secure print and payments solutions including cheques, electronic payment processing and election ballot papers. It employs 135 people across its three sites in Runcorn, Hinkley and Lisburn, in roles ranging from manufacturing to IT systems development and software creation.The pandemic significantly affected the ...
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AnalysisHow can employers ensure reward and benefits enhance the employee experience?
Need to know:More flexible working hours, agile/home working and better support for mental health are the top employee expectations.Organisations should consider more flexible options including part-time hours term-time work, career breaks and four day working weeks to support their talent management strategy.Reward and benefits can be used to demonstrate an ...
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ArticleHarborough District Council signs Workplace Wellbeing Charter
Harborough District Council has signed the Workplace Wellbeing Charter to promote health and wellbeing based on the needs and values of its 208 employees.The Leicestershire local authority said it was looking to build on a number of initiatives already in place to support the wellbeing of its workers. Senior leaders ...
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Article35% of employers did not speak about mental health last year
More than a third of British employers have not spoken to their employees about their mental health and wellbeing over the past year, according to research.The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) commissioned YouGov to ask businesses whether they had personally talked to their staff about their mental health over ...
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Supplier articleMeet reproductive health benefits trailblazers in 2021
Author: Nelli Morgulchik BA MResOver the last two years, women’s health has finally come to the spotlight in the UK, both in the private and public sectors - a change that has been long overdue.This year, the UK government has begun formulating an evidence-based women’s health strategy putting women’s voices ...
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Supplier articleHow can period pain impact your employees?
Author: Zoya Ali BSc MSc A 2019 BMJ study found that up to 14% of women took time off work during their menstrual periods due to symptoms such as heavy bleeding and period pain, with 3.4% reporting absenteeism almost every monthly menstrual cycle. Furthermore, over 80% found ...
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ArticleLandbay launches miscarriage leave policy
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has introduced a miscarriage leave policy.The mortgage provider, which employs 125 people, said it took staff wellbeing "very seriously" and believed it was the first firm to allow women to take up to six weeks of fully paid leave if they lose a baby during pregnancy.Length of ...
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AnalysisHow to refresh a reward strategy to align with business goals
Need to know:Employers need to ensure that their reward strategy not only helps to attact, recruit and engage employees, but also reflects the values and goals of the business.Analysing data sets within the organisation can present gaps in benefits provision.Surveys, focus groups and job and exit interviews are useful methods ...
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OpinionClare Kelliher: The pandemic has prompted employers to review their benefits strategies
The experiences of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: business disruption, furloughed employees and extended, enforced working from home, have changed the employment relationship.Our research at Cranfield School of Management during the pandemic found that the physical distancing of working from home sometimes led to psychological distancing, too.Maintaining the connection became harder ...
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ArticleBritvic appoints Elly Tomlins as chief people officer
Soft drink maker Britvic has appointed former Tate & Lyle HR leader Elly Tomlins as chief people officer.Tomlins has started work at Britvic’s head office in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and taken up a position on the firm’s executive committee.She will be responsible for driving the soft drink brand’s people and ...
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Case StudiesHays structures benefits provision to meet employee need
Hays keeps its benefits portfolio under constant review, with an extra focus throughout the year on finessing the offering ahead of the annual opening of the recruiter’s benefits portal every November.When she first joined the organisation, group head of reward Rosemary Lemon spent some time organising its employee benefits into ...
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Article31% of employers say staff do not understand benefits
More than four in 10 employers admit their staff are not fully aware of the benefits they offer or do not completely understand them, according to research.Protection industry body Group Risk Development (Grid) spoke to 505 HR decision makers and found that 31% believed their staff did not understand all ...
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OpinionRichard Fox and Ozlem Mehmet: Removing vaccination as a condition of employment
Health secretary Sajid Javid has announced that the government will launch a consultation on removing vaccination as a condition of employment in health and all social care settings.The regulations requiring front line health workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 (Coronavirus) as a condition of employment were due to come into ...
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ArticleHutch to trial four-day working week
Mobile game developer Hutch is to take part in a six-month trial of a four-day working week.The business, which creates car racing games for phones, will participate in a co-ordinated pilot organised by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with UK think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign ...
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AnalysisWhat support can employers offer for staff going through gender transition?
Employers can help by constructing a manageable timeline of changes they may want to implement, such as changing names or pronouns at work.Employers may want to look at how a transitioning employee would like their transition to be communicated to other staff.Ultimately by having effective and meaningful wellbeing support in ...
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Case StudiesAsos supports transitioning staff with policies and culture
Online fashion and cosmetics retailer Asos serves 26.7 million customers in more than 200 markets and in 10 languages. It employs about 3,800 members of staff, primarily from its head office in north London and customer care centre in Hertfordshire, as well as in Barnsley, Yorkshire; Lichfield, Birmingham; Berlin, Germany; ...
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OpinionEmma Kosmin: How to support staff going through gender transition
Many of us spend most of our lives at work, so it’s vital that people feel free to be themselves in the workplace.Going through a transition while at work can feel daunting and exposing. It is so important that employers understand this and provide trans and non-binary employees who are ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Is a return to the workplace best for employees' mental wellbeing?
It’s certainly a nail-biting time in UK politics this week, but not for any reasons prime minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party would wish. At the time of writing this, the much-anticipated reports into the Downing Street parties had not been released. The nation waits with baited breath for ...