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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 77% use EAPs to assist employees with long-term health issues
EXCLUSIVE: Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and flexible working practices rank highest among employers' methods of helping staff with long-term health problems, with 77% and 71% respectively, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018, which was published in August and surveyed 162 respondents, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 63% of employers have strategies in place to support employees' mental health
EXCLUSIVE: There has been a small drop in organisations providing specific benefits and strategies to support employees’ mental health, from 67% in 2017 to 63% in 2018, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018, which surveyed 162 respondents in July, did find, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Google to open Employee Benefits Live 2018 conference programme
EXCLUSIVE: Cayla Kitayama (pictured), Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) benefits at technology giant Google has been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker at Employee Benefits Live 2018 on Tuesday 2 October 2018.Kitayama’s session, titled ‘Putting health and wellbeing at the heart of your benefits strategy’, will start the two-day ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits’ Healthcare Research 2018
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018 was conducted in July 2018 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 162 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals benchmark their organisation’s health and wellbeing provision, looking at the related ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group signs charter to support terminally ill employees
Financial services organisation Lloyds Banking Group has signed the Trades Union Congress' (TUC) 'Dying to work' charter, in order to offer greater security to employees who are living and working with a terminal illness.The voluntary charter forms part of the TUC's wider 'Dying to work' campaign. This seeks to have ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Live partners with Employee Assistance Professionals Association
EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s largest employee benefits and reward event, Employee Benefits Live, has partnered with the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAP Association) for 2018’s event at the ExCeL, London.The EAP Association is a not-for-profit organisation that represents the interests of both organisations and individuals concerned with employee assistance and psychological health ...
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ArticleThe Santander Group extends physical activity benefit to 200,000 global employees
Banking organisation The Santander Group has extended its wellness programme to offer more than 200,000 global employees access to a physical activity benefit.The Santander Group has expanded its partnership with corporate wellbeing provider Gympass to offer all of its global employees access to more than 35,000 gyms, studios and health ...
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Article67% feel employers could do more to encourage active commuting
More than two-thirds (67%) of respondents believe that employers can make allowances to help encourage employees to have a more active commute, according to research by social enterprise organisation Free2cycle.The survey of 2,000 UK individuals highlighted initiatives such as introducing flexible start times, providing access to changing facilities and offering ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Digital wellbeing provider Hero acquires Colour-Fit
EXCLUSIVE: Digital wellness organisation Hero has acquired professional sports nutrition business Colour-Fit in order to enhance its service offering to corporate clients.Colour-Fit, which provides recipes, meal plans, physical programmes and general nutritional information, will operate as a standalone business within Hero. The organisation currently works with more than 50 national ...
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ArticleFord uses body tracking technology to create personalised workstations for employees
Image credit: Ford Valencia Engine Assembly PlantCar manufacturing organisation Ford is using advanced body tracking technology to ergonomically design personalised workstations for its auto-assembly line staff.The technology, typically seen alongside games consoles, is being used at Ford’s Valencia Engine Assembly Plant in Spain to help design less physically stressful workstations ...
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ArticleSun Rehabilitation to acquire Workspace Health
Occupational health organisation Sun Rehabilitation is to acquire office erognomic business Workspace Health.Workspace Health is a specialist display screen equipment (DSE) and office ergonomics organisation that helps businesses with DSE compliance and the creation of active working strategies, which are designed to improve the overall wellbeing and health of employees.Following ...
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ArticleEverton Football Club gains Workplace Wellbeing Charter accreditation
Everton Football Club (FC) has received accreditation from the Workplace Wellbeing Charter in recognition of its commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of its 480 permanent employees.Everton FC (pictured) achieved this in June 2018.The Workplace Wellbeing Charter is a voluntary accreditation standard managed by independent charity Health@Work Consultancy Services. ...
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ArticleSomerset County Council launches cycle-to-work scheme
Somerset County Council has launched a cycle-to-work scheme, working with social enterprise Green Commute Initiative and employee benefits provider My Staff Shop. The scheme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of staff, while having a positive effect on the environment.The council employs more than 10,000 employees, and the scheme ...
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ArticleTake part in exclusive healthcare benefits research
What benefits and strategies do you offer to support employees’ mental health? What do you feel you have a duty of care to encourage employees to do around their health and wellbeing?Have your say in the exclusive Employee Benefits healthcare research 2018, which is designed to help you benchmark your ...
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ArticleFoster Denovo hosts breast cancer lunch and learn session
National advisory organisation Foster Denovo hosted a breast cancer awareness lunch and learn session for its 100 employees as part of its employee wellbeing programme.The lunch and learn session, held on 21 May 2018, was delivered by UK-based charity Breast Cancer Haven. Approximately 20 employees attended in person, and staff ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Supporting employees' health
As our Health Week, in association with Benenden, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Supporting employees with health-related issues can make the world of difference to individuals in times of need, as well ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid is offered DNA testing
There is something noticeably creepy about cold callers from their first sentence. Perhaps it is the way they seize upon my name and keep waving it around like a talisman. Or maybe it is the way they keep asking how I am today so that I can almost hear the ...
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ArticleChiswick Park introduces spin classes as part of wellbeing initiative
Business campus Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work has introduced a series of eight early morning and lunchtime spin classes, free of charge, as part of its ongoing focus on wellbeing in the workplace.Chiswick Park, which is a 1.8 million square foot business campus located in West London, is home to organisations such ...
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ArticleDeliveroo to find medical cover for delivery riders in 12 countries
Food delivery organisation Deliveroo has updated its accident insurance provision to provide all of its delivery riders, across 12 countries, medical insurance if they are involved in an accident while working.The insurance will cover medical expenses up to £7,500 and will also protect up to 75% of their average gross ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Oscar Mayer revamps benefits scheme to offer employer-paid healthcare
EXCLUSIVE: Food manufacturing organisation Oscar Mayer has revamped its Millie Benefits Scheme, to provide employer-funded healthcare and legal assistance benefits to 2,000 permanent employees across three UK operating sites.The Millie Benefits Scheme, which was relaunched on 1 April 2018, was originally introduced in 2001 as a voluntary benefits scheme, which ...