All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 97
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ArticleMaking post-pandemic working more pawsome
Something for the weekend: The tail-wagging, excited-until-I’ll-explode welcome those of us who have dogs brace ourselves for as we walk in the door each evening is one of the things that makes the daily treadmill of commute/work/sleep bearable.The unconditional love dogs have for their ‘hoomans’ means the fact dog ownership ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Spring sun doesn't herald brighter times
It’s so nice to have had a little bit of sunshine this week; while it seems as though Spring has well and truly arrived, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement on Wednesday didn’t exactly usher in brighter times ahead.In his much-anticipated speech, Sunak reiterated the pressures felt ...
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ArticleBritish Association of Dental Nurses introduces menopause policy
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has launched a menopause policy that is applicable to all dental practices from yesterday (23 March) in a bid to retain dental nurses.The policy includes recommended support that dental practice employers can offer menopausal employees, such as having a menopause champion in the ...
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Supplier articleEndometriosis, the Equality Act and you
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsEndometriosis in the workplace seems to be finally shaking off the taboos. And rightly so, considering it affects around 1 in 10 women and girls of reproductive age globally.1 Diagnosis for this often painful and debilitating condition ...
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Article72% of UK office staff would prefer a four-day week
New data has highlighted that almost three-quarters (72%) of UK office workers said they would prefer a four-day working week while still receiving the same salary and having the same amount of work to do.The Changing behaviours of a flexible workforce in 2022 and beyond research, which was commissioned by ...
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Supplier articleWhy should reproductive health be a part of your mental health benefits?
Author Name: Ruby Relton BSc MSc COVID-19 and the shift to remote working has catalysed the demand for mental health benefits - it is now a “must have” for employers in 2021. In fact, in a recent survey 91% of respondents stated that a company’s culture should ...
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Supplier articleHertility Answers: What is egg freezing, and does it benefit your employees?
Author Name: Ruby Relton BSc MSc As the reproductive health revolution is making its way to the workplace, “Hertility Answers” addresses queries from human resources, rewards and benefits managers on all things women’s health. Employee benefits once encompassed things such as a free gym membership, company car ...
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Supplier articleWhich employee benefits do employees value the most?
A study by Mastercard found that globally, 58% of consumers said they are now more mindful of their impact on the environment since COVID-19. The pandemic has also made more of us more conscious of our health and wellbeing.As an employer, focusing on what your employees value most & how ...
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ArticleHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employers
Banks HSBC UK, First Direct and M&S Bank have pledged to support their employees by joining the Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme this month (March).Since it was launched in 2019 by the charity Endometriosis UK, more than 80 public, private and non-profit organisations have joined the scheme, so committing to developing ...
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OpinionRebecca Berry and Sarah Taylor: Living with Covid raises questions for employers
The change in emphasis of the Government’s Living with Covid guidance raises many questions for employers; what does the lifting of the legal requirement to self-isolate for those who test positive for Covid-19 mean for employers? How should employers implement the guidance that those who test positive for Covid-19 should ...
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Supplier articleTop 5 steps to help employees engage with their pensions
The need to support employees to engage with their pensions and retirement savings has never been more important. Many workplaces now provide financial wellbeing programmes to help their employees engage with their pensions and understand the choices to be made at retirement.To help with this, WEALTH at work have included ...
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Supplier articleThree tools for supporting employee resilience
As a leader in your organisation, you can make a real difference to your employees by implementing the right wellbeing solution. But because there is no one-size-fits-all approach, you need to find out what your employees most value. This may not be the same as pre-pandemic, as the recent experience ...
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ArticleBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it will cover the cost of prescriptions for its employees who take Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT) from next month (April).According to the business, which employs 51,000 team members across the UK, with 80% being women, the move is part of its aim to ...
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Supplier articleHOW THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED REWARD PLANNING
There are few areas of the working world that Covid-19 hasn’t affected. From hastening the trend towards hybrid and remote working, through to encouraging more people than ever to consider their career options, the pandemic continues to pose a number of challenges for businesses—and nowhere is this ...
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AnalysisAre employers doing enough to address mens' mental health needs?
There is still a stigma associated with addressing mental health in the workplace, and moreso for male employees.Employers should encourage help-seeking through easy accessible means that can remain anonymous, for example, employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can be accessed remotely and confidentially by telephone and online.Providing access to the right tools ...
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ArticleIpsos implements paid leave for pregnancy loss
London-based market research business Ipsos has introduced paid leave for employees who have had a pregnancy loss or are undergoing fertility treatment, regardless of their length of service.Any employee going through pregnancy loss will be given up to four weeks of paid leave and paid time off to allow them ...
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ArticleBlenheim Palace launches wellbeing initiative
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire has introduced a wellbeing programme for its staff as part of a campaign to create a healthy workplace environment.As of this week, employees are able to take part in mindfulness walks, picnics, planting trees and litter-picking, as well as getting the chance to pet sheepdogs, lambs ...
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ArticleAre bad hybrid working habits keeping staff awake?
Something for the weekend: Many of us saw our lifestyles shift dramatically during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, with the abrupt change to remote or hybrid working affecting some workers’ ability to sleep. Indeed, regularly updated YouGov research How many hours Brits sleep at night revealed that as at March 2022, ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 11 March – 17 March 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 11 March and 17 March 2022 were: DHL Supply Chain launches menopause guideSalesforce puts health at the heart of hybrid workingCurrys gives staff 5% pay riseRoyal Mail Group reports 1.4% gender pay gapHermes UK introduces pension scheme in rebrandAverage earnings growth for ...
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ArticleHighgate IT Solutions to trial four-day week
IT solutions provider Highgate IT Solutions has announced that it will trial a four-day working week for one business quarter from 1 April.The business, which currently employees 16 workers, will adopt the 100:80:100 model, which means it will commit to pay 100% of employees’ salaries for 80% of the usual ...