All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 96

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    Workplace stress leads 49% of legal workers to job hunt

    2021-12-17T09:04:41Z

    Half of legal professionals have looked for new jobs as a result of workplace stress, according to research.Legal technology firm Exizent conducted a survey of 52 people working in the law industry, with 49% saying they had actively searched for different employment because of challenges and stresses at work.More than ...

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    43% of executives say flexibility critical for engagement

    2021-12-17T09:03:45Z

    British business leaders consider flexible working to be more important for employee engagement and wellbeing than salary, research has revealed.Of 54 UK-based board level executives polled for Bupa Global, 43% said flexible working was the most important factor for engaging staff and looking after their wellbeing, compared with 35% who ...

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    Why it's back to 'Bob Cratchit working' for many of us

    2021-12-17T09:00:53Z

    Something for the weekend: With the return this week of Covid-19 ‘work from home if you can’ guidance, for many of us it’s now back to spending our working days in trackies, slippers and trying not to raid the pre-Christmas ‘goodies’ stash.However, with energy bills spiralling and temperatures set to ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 10 December – 16 December 2021

    2021-12-17T09:00:41Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 10 December – 16 December 2021 were: How can employers assess value for money in a DC pension?Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets a recognition awardIt's a dog's life for one special puppy palWilson James introduces staff wellbeing platformPoor mental health ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2022 entry deadline extended

    2021-12-17T09:00:25Z

    The entry deadline for the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, has been extended to Friday 14 January 2022.Now in its 20th year, the Employee Benefits Awards is considered the event of the year for the reward, benefits and HR community. It is designed to recognise excellence and ...

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    Barton's blog: Wishing you all a very happy and healthy festive break!

    2021-12-17T06:00:20Z

    This blog is a bit of a strange one; it's my first as acting editor, having said a fond farewell to Kavitha Sivasubramaniam and awaiting the return of Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, but also the last editor’s blog of 2021.Once again, workplaces this year have seen challenging times as we have all ...

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    West Lothian Council approves menopause policy

    2021-12-16T09:01:04Z

    West Lothian Council in Scotland has agreed to bring in a menopause policy for staff.The Scottish local authority's executive approved a draft plan that includes flexible working, an employee assistance programme and an initiative to support attendance. Some of these measures are expected to be available early in the new ...

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    Podcast: Trayport adapts benefits to keep culture alive through pandemic

    2021-12-16T06:00:58Z

    Listen: In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, David Glennon, rewards manager at Trayport, discusses some of the employee wellbeing projects that the software organisation put in place to support staff during the pandemic.These initiatives led to Trayport winning the award for Best benefits to support employees during the ...

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    The benefits offered by Trayport

    2021-12-16T06:00:24Z

    The benefits on offer at Trayport:Pensions and financial wellbeingGroup personal pension plan with Aviva with a 7% employer contribution.Regular financial wellbeing talks and webinars.Access to a financial advisor.Option to save into an individual savings account (Isa) directly from payroll.Group riskGroup income protection for all employees, employer paid.Life assurance at four ...

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    Why It Makes Financial Sense For Your Business To Choose A Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

    2021-12-15T10:55:11Z

    The salary sacrifice car scheme offered by Pink Salary Exchange offers great benefits for both the employee and the employer. This is an HMRC-approved scheme which has been designed with the input of tax and insurance specialists and which ensures compliance in terms of GDPR. But in a financial sense, ...

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    Emma Clark: Will there be more menopause-related employment tribunal hearings?

    2021-12-15T09:00:35Z

    Recent analysis of figures from the HM Courts and Tribunals Service showed that the menopause was cited in five employment tribunal cases in the last nine months of 2018. That rose to 10 cases in the first six months of 2021.While there has been a rise in claims which refer ...

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    Poor mental health causes 19% of lost working time

    2021-12-14T09:00:48Z

    Poor mental health accounted for almost a fifth of all lost working time across the UK this year, according to research.Wellbeing and performance service GoodShape took data from its proprietary workplace absences database - which includes more than 750,000 employee records - and found that UK workers have taken more ...

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    Being a 21st Century Employer - Supporting Women Through Menopause

    2021-12-14T08:59:32Z

    Author: Ruby Relton BSc MScThe third and final article in the “Being a 21st Century Employer” Hertility Series explores how menopause affects women in the workplace and what steps their employer can take to become more menopause friendly.Menopause 101Menopause is a reproductive life stage for any woman when they can ...

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    Just 55% of staff feel they receive right support from work

    2021-12-10T09:06:57Z

    Just 55% of employees feel they have received the support they needed from their employers during the pandemic despite more than two-thirds (69%) of organisations increasing their benefit spend considerably over the past two years, research has revealed.Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) polled 332 UK HR and reward professionals as well ...

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    Wilson James introduces staff wellbeing platform

    2021-12-10T09:04:53Z

    Services provider Wilson James has brought in a new health and wellbeing platform for its more than 5,000 employees after seeing "dramatic" operational changes during the pandemic.The Essex-headquartered business, which offers a range of security, construction logistics and aviation services, introduced the platform in collaboration with benefits provider Vivup after ...

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    Pinterest upgrades staff parental benefits

    2021-12-10T09:02:56Z

    Image sharing service Pinterest has updated the parental benefits available to its more than 3,000 employees across the world.As of 1 January 2022, a minimum of 20 weeks of parental leave will be offered for all parents to bond with their newborn or newly adopted child. Adoptive parents will also ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 3 December – 9 December 2021

    2021-12-10T08:55:36Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 December – 9 December 2021 were: Aviva launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemePoundstretcher gives staff 10% pay riseHC-One launches new pay and reward schemeTesco warehouse and driver staff to strike in pay rowAnchor to pay staff real living wage rates5% of ...

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    Product innovations in the employee engagement space

    2021-12-10T08:00:47Z

    By Rob Boland, COO at Reward GatewayWe've seen many changes to the workplace in the last year, and we will likely see more as we continue to navigate how and where employees are working in this new world of work. In the midst of all this change, our team has ...

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    TSB introduces new staff support and leave package

    2021-12-09T10:57:15Z

    Retail bank TSB has announced a?new?employee??support package for?new parents, those affected by parental or pregnancy-related bereavement?and those experiencing menopause or infertility.The policy will enable new primary and co-parents, as well as adoptive parents, to take up to a year of leave to spend with their child, with 20 weeks at ...

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    Saga launches paid leave policy for grandparents

    2021-12-09T09:00:51Z

    Saga, which specialises in insurance and products for the over-50s, has offered paid grandparental leave as a benefit for its 2,500 employees.The government launched a consultation in 2016 on the possibility of extending shared parental leave to grandparents, but this was never enshrined in law.Under Saga’s new policy, the grandchildren ...