All Mental health resilience articles – Page 45
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft Ireland empowers staff to manage health and wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Dublin-based technology organisation Microsoft Ireland empowers its 2,200 staff to manage their own health and wellbeing using an experiences and treatments booking platform as part of its overall wellbeing strategy.Joanne Morrissey, HR director at Microsoft Ireland, presented a session titled ‘Balancing organisational productivity and modern work ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support gender-specific health and wellbeing issues in the workplace?
Need to know:To be truly gender-inclusive, employers cannot just focus on closing pay gaps, but making the workplace work for both men and women.In order to engage employees with the support available to them, employers should normalise gender-specific subjects that are often thought of as sensitive or taboo.Transgender benefits are ...
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OpinionJames Rudoni: Focus on the mental health of male employees
In 2018, men accounted for three-quarters of the people who took their own lives in the UK, according to Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in September 2019.These statistics highlight the need for increased awareness and understanding of mental ill-health, particularly in ...
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Case StudiesVolkswagen Financial Services UK provides gender-specific wellbeing support
Volkswagen Financial Services UK, which has just under 1,200 employees, has embedded gender-specific support and communication into its wellbeing benefits provision, with targeted benefits and campaigns for men and women.In terms of specific benefits, the organisation offers employer-funded breast and prostate cancer screening every other year, for staff over the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: The Poppy Factory uses organisational values to embed wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Veterans charity The Poppy Factory has used its organisational values to help implement a four-pronged wellbeing strategy.Speaking on day one of Employee Benefits Live 2019, Charlotte Dymock, HR business partner at The Poppy Factory, explained how staff wellbeing is not simply about free fruit and yoga ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: EAPs and flexible working are most popular mental health benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Employee assistance programmes (EAPs), flexible working or work-life balance policies, and access to education and guidance for staff are the most commonly offered benefits to support mental health, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019, which surveyed 202 HR decision makers and influencers, also ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 UK employees feel mental health is not discussed enough in the workplace
More than seven in 10 (72%) employees in the UK feel that mental wellbeing is not discussed often enough in the workplace, with 57% feeling that the subject is outright stigmatised in this context, according to research by Babylon Health.Its Mental health perceptions report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults, also ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 71% offer support and counselling services to employees
EXCLUSIVE: Support and counselling services remain the most popular type of healthcare benefit in 2019, with seven in 10 (71%) employers offering something in this category. This type of benefit has remained in the top spot for three consecutive years, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare ...
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Supplier articleImproving Culture and Workplace Mental Health with Higher EAP Usage
In an increasingly demanding work culture, organisations that want optimum performance and productivity must take active steps to protect the mental health and wellbeing of their employees.Creating a supportive workplace culture has never been more of a challenge for organisations, with mental health difficulties one of the main causes of ...
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Supplier articleAre avocados really a ‘super’ food?
From the ‘basic’ avocado salad and smashed avocados on toast to the more elusive avocado pasta or avocado margarita; you have to agree that there is no escaping the avo. But the obsession has now gone beyond your local hipster cafe, as avocados have not only become commonplace on birthday ...
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OpinionMichael Royce: How can employers help staff improve financial capability?
Employers play an increasingly important role in supporting the financial wellbeing of their people, both through the success of pensions auto-enrolment and by providing schemes such as season ticket loans and childcare vouchers.Figures from Neyber’s The DNA of financial wellbeing report, published in May 2016, estimate that money worries cost ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare Research 2019
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 reportThe Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 was conducted in July 2019 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 202 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current health and wellbeing strategies, ...
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OpinionRachel Clift: How to support employees with money worries
We are currently living in uncertain times, with austerity and the constant pressure of cost saving taking its toll.UK household debt has hit a record high at £428 billion, according to figures published in January 2019 by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). With an average total debt per household of ...
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OpinionMartin Parish: Money under the mattress - why support financial wellbeing
Although stashing money under the mattress is, we hope, a thing of the past, the legacy of bad money management continues. The Money Advice Service (MAS) estimates that four in 10 people in the UK have poor financial capability, meaning they cannot manage their money day-to-day, nor handle periods of ...
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ArticleDaisy Corporate Services launches fitness discount benefit for 1,200 UK staff
IT and communications organisation Daisy Corporate Services (DCS) has launched a new gym and fitness discount benefit for its 1,200 UK-based staff.The new benefit, provided by Gympass, was implemented on 23 August 2019 to help empower the organisation's geographically dispersed workforce to focus on physical and mental health, by providing ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Help staff avoid becoming a statistic
Tuesday 10 September marked this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published just a week earlier, there were 6,507 suicides in the UK during 2018; significantly up on the previous year, and the first increase since 2013.In a trend that has ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by The Grand Brighton
The benefits offered by The Grand Brighton:PensionsA master trust pension scheme for auto-enrolment purposes, provided by The People's Pension, which follows the minimum statutory contribution rates. There are currently 240 eligible employees within this scheme, because some staff work flexibly or are too young to be eligible.Managers and supervisors are ...
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OpinionLouise Newman: How to prevent employee burnout
Employee burnout is something that many organisations have to handle. With advancements in technology, it is all too easy or tempting to access work any time, any place and anywhere.Far from this being something to encourage, it is the responsibility of employers to not overlook the importance of quality downtime ...
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OpinionProf Stephen Wood: Flexible working awards autonomy to improve employee wellbeing
The ideal job is one with challenging but not excessive demands, a high degree of autonomy to meet these demands, and a supportive environment. Occupants of jobs with these characteristics will have higher levels of satisfaction and wellbeing and, in turn, may perform better and have better general health.If flexible-working ...
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Case StudiesProctor and Stevenson uses flexible working plan to improve wellbeing
Marketing and communications agency Proctor and Stevenson introduced a five-pronged flexible working plan for its 70 UK-based employees in March 2019, to reflect employee demand around work-life balance, as well as bolster retention and industry competitiveness.The plan, which was developed in conjunction with consultancy and recruitment firm Flexology, targets five ...