All Mental health resilience articles – Page 41

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    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by Smarkets

    2020-04-07T05:00:27Z

    The benefits offered by SmarketsPensionContract-based pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution.PayPay transparency across the organisationSelf-set salariesFamily friendly and work-life balanceOn-call nanny, available to an employee up to five times a yearOnsite childcare room for bringing a child to workFlexible working available around core office hours of ...

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    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Are you being supported through the Covid-19 pandemic?

    2020-04-03T05:00:05Z

    How are you? I’m sure that is a question you have asked others on an almost daily basis during the ongoing pandemic; but how many times have you asked it of yourselves?Inevitably, there has been a great deal of focus over the past few weeks on how organisations are treating ...

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    Opinion

    Steven Wibberley: There is no time limit on support needed for bereavement

    2020-03-31T05:05:58Z

    Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will ever go through. For many employers, it can be difficult to know how to respond when an employee is bereaved, and how to ensure that the impact on both the individual and the organisation is minimised.Providing paid bereavement ...

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    Article

    Eight in 10 employers pay more than statutory sick pay requirements

    2020-03-26T11:26:24Z

    Eight in 10 (80%) employers are providing staff with sick pay at a level over and above statutory amounts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, according to research by Lewis Silkin.Employer surveys involving 70 HR leaders from businesses collectively employing more than 200,000 staff, which took place in March 2020, also ...

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    Opinion

    Coronavirus: The view from the market

    2020-03-20T06:04:43Z

    As the world of work adapts to a new normal, Employee Benefits has collected thought leadership, advice and commentary from across the market, to help readers make sense of the challenges ahead.Maintaining wellbeingAveril Leimon, executive coach at White Water Group: "Self care is vital; this is not the time to ...

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    Article

    Non-taxable counselling services to include related medical treatments

    2020-03-12T14:42:11Z

    Budget 2020: On 11 March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced changes to the tax treatment of welfare counselling services provided by employers to their staff.In his Budget 2020 speech to the House of Commons, Sunak stated that from April 2020 government would be extending the scope on non-taxable counselling services, ...

  • Businesses could risk missing out on top talent due to lack of mental health support in the workplace.
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters of employers feel responsible for staff mental wellbeing

    2020-03-11T12:30:39Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters (75%) of employers feel it is their responsibility to support employee mental wellbeing, according to new research by Group Risk Development (Grid).The survey of 1,165 employees and 500 HR decision-makers, which took place in January 2020, also found that just under half (49%) of employees agreed that the ...

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    Article

    Aegon UK initiates mental health awareness training for 120 managers

    2020-02-24T10:32:44Z

    Pensions provider Aegon UK has launched a series of mental health awareness workshops, supporting managers as part of its 'wellbeing in the workplace' programme. The sessions will be delivered by AXA Healthcare at Aegon UK's offices in Edinburgh, Witham and Peterborough at the end of February 2020; 120 people managers ...

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    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Where does the employer's duty towards staff end?

    2020-02-21T06:00:02Z

    Since news of the death of television presenter Caroline Flack broke over the weekend, the issue of mental health has barely left the headlines. Among the numerous tributes, attributions of blame and calls for an end to online bullying and trolling, I read a couple of articles stating that, as ...

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    Article

    Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing signs mental health charter

    2020-02-20T10:51:25Z

    Employee benefits consultancy Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing has committed to developing better working practices around mental health and wellbeing by signing up to the Mindful Business Charter. The organisation's commitment to the charter was confirmed on 29 January 2020, with the official signing due to take place on 14 ...

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    Article

    A quarter of employees have taken holiday to deal with excessive workplace stress

    2020-02-17T11:43:24Z

    A quarter (26%) of employees have taken paid time off or holiday leave to deal with excessive stress caused by work, according to research by Dolan Contractor Group.The survey of employees at 140 organisations also found that long work hours (41%) was the greatest cause for stress in the workplace, ...

  • Chester Race Company launch wellbeing programme
    Article

    Chester Race Company launches wellbeing programme for 200 employees

    2020-02-14T11:07:30Z

    Racecourse and hospitality organisation Chester Race Company is working in partnership with British horse-racing workforce welfare charity Racing Welfare to create a wellbeing programme for its 200 employees in 2020. Following feedback from an employee engagement survey conducted in December 2019, Chester Race Company aims to further enhance its benefits ...

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    Article

    Police Scotland Highland and Islands Division secures funding to tackle mental health

    2020-02-14T10:44:46Z

    Police Scotland's Highland and Islands Division has secured funding for a three-year mental health and wellbeing project to benefit its officers and staff. The funding, announced on 6 February 2020 and provided by Police Care UK’s 1in4 Fund, has enabled the division to employ a project officer to oversee the ...

  • Tim Tozer, CEO, signs the Time to Change Employer Pledge
    Article

    Allianz Partners UK signs Time to Change mental health commitment

    2020-02-11T11:55:33Z

    Insurance firm Allianz Partners UK has reinforced its commitment to addressing employee mental health by signing the Time to Change Employer Pledge. The pledge marks a commitment to change the way an organisation thinks about and responds to workplace mental health problems. It also requires employers to implement a 12-month ...

  • Prompting mental health discussions
    Article

    Poll: Two-thirds use awareness days to prompt mental health discussions

    2020-02-07T11:43:46Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Two-thirds (67%) of employers use awareness days to prompt mental health discussions. A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 30 responses, found that awareness days, such as Time to Talk, and Blue Monday aid 67% of respondents in prompting mental health discussions among their employees. Further findings ...

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    Article

    Smarkets launches new mental health initiative for 85 employees on Time to Talk Day

    2020-02-06T10:23:52Z

    Peer-to-peer trading platform Smarkets has launched a new initiative called tête-à-tête, aimed at helping improve the mental health of its 85 employees. The initiative, launching today (6 February 2020) to coincide with national Time to Talk Day, will encourage employees to meet in small groups to discuss their mental health ...

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    Case Studies

    BW uses benefits to attract top talent in competitive industry

    2020-02-06T06:00:52Z

    There is a war for talent in construction; a lack of skilled individuals entering the industry, means organisations are fighting for the top people. For building fit-out and refurbishment organisation BW, winning this war means offering a valued and attractive employee proposition.Penny Cresswell, head of HR at BW, says: “As ...

  • Duncan Brown
    Article

    Duncan Brown: What should employee wellbeing look like in 2020?

    2020-02-04T06:20:30Z

    Workplace wellbeing has apparently rocketed to the top of every benefits professional's agenda for 2020. The latest Benefit trends survey, published in October 2019 by Willis Towers Watson, for example, found staff wellbeing at the top of the benefits league table, with 76% of employers planning to incorporate it into ...

  • Gympass sign InsideOut charter
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: Gympass signs charter to prioritise employee mental health

    2020-01-30T11:39:07Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Corporate wellness platform Gympass has pledged a commitment to normalising conversations around mental health in the workplace among its 37 employees by signing the InsideOut Charter. The charter asks organisations to openly demonstrate leadership engagement in mental health, and prioritise tackling stigma around the subject by following key principles. ...

  • debbie-lovewell-tuck-1
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Can you put a price on mental health support?

    2020-01-24T06:00:03Z

    As we move past Blue Monday (20 January) and on towards Time to Talk Day on 6 February, the issue of mental health remains firmly at the top of the agenda for many. Of course, this issue is not confined to the winter months, but the role of such events ...