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ArticlePoll: 61% of employers do not monitor wellbeing strategies
Employee Benefits poll: As the impact of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to reverberate across the workforce, three in five employers are not monitoring the impact of their wellbeing initiatives on staff productivity, retention, and engagement.According to Employee Benefits’s latest straw poll, 61% of organisations do not measure how their ...
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ArticleAddison Lee loses gig economy 'workers' appeal
In a further victory for gig economy staff not currently deemed ‘workers’, the Court of Appeal has ruled that drivers employed by minicab firm Addison Lee can now be granted ‘worker’ status – with all the national minimum wage and paid holiday entitlement this brings.At a hearing yesterday (22 April), ...
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ArticleThe Landmark London to offer mental health support
The Landmark London has announced plans to support the mental health of its workforce by running bespoke mental wellbeing sessions as it prepares to welcome employees back from furlough and open its doors to guests again on 14 May.All 218 members of staff at the 120-year-old luxury hotel will be ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: The true cost of working from home
Employee Benefits has reported on a number of stories relating to working from home lately - particularly following the pandemic - and many have been about its positive effects on employee wellbeing and work-life balance.However, two of our stories this week have highlighted the potential pitfalls for those working remotely, ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 15 April – 21 April 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 15 April – 21 April 2021 were: What does the Pensions Schemes Act 2021 mean for workplace pensions?Facebook moots pay cut to work from homeMetro Bank team walks over 1,700 miles as part of wellbeing challengeSurrey Fire and Rescue Service rolls out ...
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ArticleRecruits offered £500 to stop looking at Instagram
Something for the weekend: Remember the first Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown and how we all decided to learn new skills, such as basket weaving, tap dancing, becoming fluent in Mandarin and landscape painting? Not to mention all those health and fitness goals, of course. And then we thought we’d just ...
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ArticleNHS wellbeing hub to provide mental health support
The NHS is set to launch the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Health and Wellbeing Hub to support the mental health and wellbeing of more than 50,000 of its workers.Staff will be offered a range of instant access services for free, including emotional and psychological support, which will be available around ...
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ArticleJust Eat to offer minimum pay, holiday and sickness rates
Just Eat, the food delivery service, has said it will offer riders minimum pay, sick pay and holiday entitlement by the end of the year as boss Jitse Groen seeks to make good on his pledge to end gig working across the business.According to the company, most of its riders ...
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ArticleWellbeing a "permanent shift" in benefits provision
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has brought about a permanent shift in benefits provision towards mental health and wellbeing, according to new research by Towers Willis Watson.Data from the global advisory company's Emerging trends in health care delivery report, published today (20 April), found 87% of employers now say they are ‘concerned’ about ...
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ArticleFacebook moots pay cut to work from home
Facebook has said staff can continue working from home after restrictions ease and offices open; but the price they may have to pay for this is reduced salary.In a statement, Brynn Harrington, Facebook’s vice president of people growth, said that workers have been “really thriving,” and those who prefer to ...
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Article45% of remote workers want a four-day week
New research by Instant Offices has revealed the mental health impact of working remotely and the perks employees are demanding to alleviate it; with flexible hours and a shorter working week coming out top.According to the data, nearly two-thirds (59%) of respondents said they wanted flexible hours to help them ...
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ArticleSurrey Fire and Rescue Service rolls out wellbeing app for staff
Surrey Fire and Rescue Services has announced the roll out of a wellbeing and fitness app for staff which is specifically aimed at supporting those who are working remotely from their colleagues and helps them reduce stress.The fire service began rolling out the ClassPass app in March, which gives members ...
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ArticleAwin's four-day working week sees positive impact on employee wellbeing
An ongoing trial of a four-day working week by affiliate marketing network, Awin, has been heralded as a major success after the firm posted substantially reduced absenteeism and a surge in applications from prospective employees.The firm trialed the new working hours in January to see if a reduced working week ...
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ArticleLooking for a new role on Looe Island?
Something for the weekend: We’ve all dreamt of getting away from it all, perhaps more so than ever before, as home working, endless team meetings, staring at the same four walls, and taking aimless lunchtime walks start to pall.So it will come as no surprise if Cornwall Wildlife Trust has ...
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ArticleMetro Bank team walks over 1,700 miles as part of wellbeing challenge
Metro Bank, the high-street challenger bank, has revealed the results of its month-long ‘team walk’ challenge during March.The walks, aimed at improving colleagues’ mental and physical health, were organised by the bank’s real estate finance team, who set themselves the challenge of walking 500 miles as a way of getting ...
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ArticleEmployers told to tackle false sense of flexible working
Joint research published today by employee research agency Karian and Box and The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at Kings College London, has found that while employers broadly support home-working, a false sense of flexibility prevails where there is actually a lack of more targeted employee support.The report, which surveyed ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Investigo supports staff wellbeing with core-office-hours trial
Exclusive: UK recruitment agency, Investigo, has this week begun a trial to give office-based employees the ability to choose a flexible-working pattern, as long as they are available between core hours.The trial gives employees the option to work for three days in the office between 10am and 4pm, and decide ...
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ArticlePoll: Health and wellbeing top focus for employers in 2021
Employee Benefits poll: Health and wellbeing is the top priority for organisations this year, closely followed by flexible working.According to Employee Benefits’ latest straw poll, 42% of respondents said their staff’s health and wellbeing are paramount in 2021.As Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic restrictions continue, another third (33%) of respondents said flexible ...
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ArticleStress-related absence rocketed in 2020
Research by absence management provider e-days has revealed a shocking rise in the number of stress-related sickness days during 2020.According to the research, there was a 113% rise in stress sickness days when figures before and after the Covid-19 (coronavirus) were compared.As well as this headline figure, the data also ...
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ArticleBarclays outlines policy to avoid burnout among junior bankers
Barclays has told junior staff to take Saturdays off and book at least two five-day periods of annual leave a year in order to avoid burnout.According to media reports, the bank has urged analysts and associates not to work between 9pm on Fridays and 9am on Sundays, except in unavoidable ...