All Mental health resilience articles – Page 47

  • DWP
    Article

    DWP opens consultation into statutory sick pay for staff on minimum wage

    2019-07-15T09:37:42Z

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today (15 July 2019) launched a consultation to discuss methods of supporting sick and disabled staff, particularly those in the lowest paid positions.The consultation, which will be canvassing the views of both employers and health providers, will consider lowering the threshold at ...

  • Health
    Article

    Map healthcare benefit trends in exclusive research for the chance to win prize draw

    2019-07-11T10:58:26Z

    How is the employer's duty of care changing around employee wellbeing, and what are organisations encouraging staff to focus on in terms of individual health and wellness? What are the most popular strategies around reducing sickness absence, and what wellbeing benefits are businesses offering staff?Employee Benefits readers can now feed ...

  • Deloitte-Ireland
    Case Studies

    Deloitte Ireland uses sports and social clubs to boost employee wellbeing

    2019-07-11T05:00:29Z

    Professional services firm Deloitte Ireland currently runs 15 different sports and social clubs, available for all employees. The organisation has 2,500 employees across five locations in Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick, around 2,000 of whom are based in Dublin.Among the most popular is its running club, which has 80 ...

  • healthcare research
    Article

    Take part in exclusive healthcare benefits research for a chance to enter prize draw

    2019-07-08T10:07:34Z

    How do businesses calculate the return-on-investment when it comes to implementing healthcare benefits? How do organisations aim to support employees’ mental health? What is an employer’s duty of care when it comes to encouraging staff to focus on their individual health and wellbeing?Employee Benefits readers can now have their say ...

  • CGI
    Case Studies

    CGI UK uses share purchase scheme to engage employees

    2019-07-02T05:00:24Z

    Information technology organisation CGI UK uses an employee share purchase scheme to engage and motivate its 6,000 UK-based employees, creating an organisational culture of ownership and belonging.The share plan has been a facet of the global benefits package since the organisation was founded around 42 years ago, and was introduced ...

  • CGI-2
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by CGI UK

    2019-07-01T14:00:06Z

    The benefits offered by CGI UK:Pensions, pay and group riskA contract-based group personal pension (GPP), defined contribution (DC) scheme is used for auto-enrolment when employees reach two months of service. Minimum contributions are 9%, with at least 3% contributed by employees and 6% provided by CGI UK. This increases depending ...

  • Cheryl-Luzet Wagada
    Article

    Wagada wins regional workplace wellbeing award

    2019-06-25T09:09:25Z

    St Albans-based digital marketing agency Wagada has won the Workplace wellbeing award at the Inspiring Herfordshire 2019 Awards, organised by the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce.The awards event, which was initially launched in 2012, celebrates the achievements and contributions of local businesses and individuals to the growth of Hertfordshire.Wagada, which employs ...

  • Jack Curzon
    Article

    Half feel employers should support staff more in achieving work-life balance

    2019-06-24T10:09:09Z

    Just under half (49%) of respondents feel that their employers should support them more in achieving a healthy work-life balance, according to research by Thomsons Online Benefits.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 31% are kept awake at night because of workplace stress, while 26% stated that long ...

  • barclays
    Article

    Barclays, Centrica and Financial Ombudsman Service recognised as family-friendly employers

    2019-06-24T10:01:54Z

    Banking organisation Barclays (pictured), energy business Centrica and the Financial Ombudsman Service are among the employers recognised at the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2019.Now in their 10th year, the Working Families Best Practice Awards, organised by work-life balance charity Working Families, recognises employers across 12 different categories, celebrating organisations ...

  • Time
    Article

    Norwegian island wants to cut traditional business hours and become ‘time-free’

    2019-06-20T15:35:42Z

    Something for the weekend: Although many organisations are starting to embrace flexible and agile working arrangements, a small Norwegian island is going a step further by requesting to be a time-free zone, cutting traditional working hours in order to take advantage of the summer months.Residents and employees living on Sommaroey, ...

  • Louise-Lawrence
    Opinion

    Louise Lawrence: Support for employees with mental health issues

    2019-06-20T15:00:25Z

    In circumstances where 67% of employees with mental health issues do not tell their employer due to concerns about the reaction, as reported by Time to Change in October 2012, what are the red flags which signal that an employee may be suffering, and what steps can organisations take to ...

  • Wellbeing
    Article

    Four-fifths of SME employers do not have a health and wellbeing strategy

    2019-06-20T10:26:12Z

    More than four-fifths (82%) of small to medium enterprise (SME) employers do not have a health and wellbeing strategy, according to research by Axa PPP Healthcare.Its survey of 200 organisations with up to 250 staff, and of 1,500 employees working at businesses of the same size, also found that 39% ...

  • Poker-chips
    Analysis

    Top tips on getting senior level buy-in for financial wellbeing initiatives

    2019-06-18T05:00:55Z

    Need to know:Employers can create targeted financial wellbeing interventions specifically for senior leaders to enable them to experience the benefits first-hand.Data, such as absence rates and engagement scores, can offer tangible evidence to help present the business case.Linking mental health and financial wellbeing can help draw senior leaders’ attention to ...

  • SunLife
    Case Studies

    SunLife shares employee stories to ensure leadership buy-in for financial wellbeing

    2019-06-18T05:00:37Z

    At insurers SunLife, which has 110 employees, financial wellbeing is one pillar of a broader health and wellbeing strategy that includes emotional and community wellness.To tackle financial wellbeing, the organisation sought to introduce an education programme that covered a variety of subjects, beyond the basics of pensions and retirement, to ...

  • Sarah Robson
    Article

    Half believe benefits are not meeting the needs of multigenerational workforce

    2019-06-17T10:34:46Z

    Half (50%) of employers do not think their benefits offering is meeting the needs of all generations within their workforce, with 89% believing that they will need to change their package to suit future generations entering the workforce, according to research by Aon.The Benefits and trends survey 2019, which polled ...

  • Championing wellness
    Analysis

    Championing wellness: Mental health in numbers

    2019-06-14T10:28:17Z

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  • Thames Water
    Case Studies

    Thames Water embeds mental health first aid in a culture of care

    2019-06-13T05:00:30Z

    With 6,500 employees and up to 12,000 contractors, spread across 7,000 sites, public water supply and waste water treatment organisation Thames Water faces a considerable challenge when it comes to communication. Add to this the barriers that still exist when it comes to discussing mental health in the workplace, and ...

  • mental health first aiders
    Analysis

    How to ensure mental health first aiders are effective

    2019-06-13T05:00:16Z

    Need to know: Mental health first aiders need to be representative of the workforce and evenly distributed across an organisation, ensuring that they are accessible to all employees.From visible signposting worn by trainees, through to branded awareness campaigns, mental health first aid initiatives must be well communicated to be fully ...

  • Carrie Pairman
    Opinion

    Carrie Pairman: Mental health first aid is a must for businesses to fully support their staff

    2019-06-12T15:00:08Z

    It is estimated that a quarter of us will experience a mental health problem each year. In fact, evidence published by Office of National Statistics in July 2016 suggests that 12.7% of all sickness days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions.Thankfully, the stigma surrounding mental health ...

  • Andria ActionAid
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: ActionAid employees save £22,841 through benefits platform

    2019-06-12T09:33:12Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Employees at international charity ActionAid have saved approximately £22,841 since March 2018 by using the organisation’s benefits platform to access retail discounts and free products.ActionAid, which employs around 200 staff in the UK, launched the platform in March 2018, in partnership with provider Perkbox. The platform, which is designed ...