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Article41% of working mothers held back from promotion
Research carried out by charity Working Families, to mark its launch of this year's National Work Life Week (11–15 October), has revealed that 41% of working mothers believe that being a parent is holding them back from promotion at work, while 50% with additional caring responsibilities state the same.The charity ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 34% of SMEs have staff with mental wellbeing issues
A third (34%) of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have employees with mental wellbeing concerns since lockdown restrictions started to ease in April, which is up from 26% in its spring study.An analysis by employee benefits platform WorkLife’s Small Business Monitor, carried out by 3Gem among 750 senior financial ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Galliard Homes promotes importance of mental health first aiders
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Not only are an organisation’s mental health first aiders (MHFAs) key to assisting staff, but it is important to look after the MHFAs themselves to avoid burnout, suggested Victoria Anthony, group human resources director of Galliard Homes.Taking part in a panel discussion titled ‘Creating and sustaining ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust increases focus on staff mental health
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Working through a pandemic meant placing more importance on employee wellbeing, said Dr Amanda Mwale from Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.In a panel session titled 'The changing face of benefits in a pandemic', Mwale (pictured) spoke to Employee Benefits Live 2021 delegates at London's ...
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ArticleOpen wide: 61% prefer dentist to consecutive meetings
Something for the weekend: Do back-to-back work meetings set your teeth on edge? Well, you are not alone, as recent research revealed that, given the choice, 61% of employees would prefer a trip to the dentist to having consecutive meetings, whether in person or virtually.The survey also showed some noticeable ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Dr Alex George: Mental health has to be a positive workplace issue
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Promoting a culture of positive mental health in the workplace is “everyone’s responsibility”, according to Dr Alex George, youth mental health ambassador to the UK government.Opening the second day Employee Benefits Live 2021 at London’s ExCel, the former Love Island contestant told delegates that a “top-down, ...
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Article45% of female staff have financial anxiety
Almost half of female employees (45%) feel more financial anxiety than they did before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic compared to 38% of men, according to new findings.Close Brothers’ report, Expecting the unexpected: a spotlight on preparing for a crisis, included responses from 2,000 UK-based employees working for businesses with 200 ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2021 set to welcome delegates at ExCeL London
Employee Benefits Live 2021 is back and for the first time since 2019 will be welcoming delegates in-person to this key industry event, taking place at ExCeL London on 6-7 October 2021.This exciting and stimulating two-day conference and exhibition, which is the largest dedicated reward and benefits event in Europe, ...
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ArticleChris Mathieson: Should employers offer extra days off to support employees’ wellbeing?
Sipping champagne and enjoying afternoon tea with friends, luxuriating with spa treatments, hitting the golf course, climbing Munros. These are just some of the ways employees are spending their new wellbeing day as part of the Feeling Great at Grampian initiative.Grampian already offers a generous leave and benefits package, but ...
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ArticleSimon Blake: Should employers offer extra days off to support employees’ wellbeing?
Mental ill health costs employers £2.4 billion per year, and that’s without taking into account the impact of the past 18 months. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has seen staff stress levels rise as people face uncertainty and job insecurity. So it’s no surprise that despite life starting to feel a ...
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Article41% of staff workplaces affect wellbeing
New research has found that 41% of the workforce feel that their workplace has negatively impacted on their wellbeing during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Global absence organisation Edays, which surveyed 500 employees across the UK to determine the impact of the workplace on their wellbeing and changes to their perceptions over ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pay policies and mental health at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Pay and mental health will be among the the unmissable topics discussed at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Trish Wanat (pictured right), director of Europe, Middle East and Africa benefits at VMware, will be co-presenting ‘Pay policies that reflect the changing world of work’ along with VMware’s director of regional compensation ...
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Article47% of British staff work when ill one day a week
Nearly half (47%) of British workers admitted to doing their job when feeling unwell physically or psychologically at least one day per week, according to new research.Wellbeing solutions provider LifeWorks has released its monthly Mental Health Index, which revealed a negative mental health score among 2,000 Britons for the 17th ...
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Article60% of employers have no plans to offer extra time off for mental health
Employee Benefits Poll: Awarding staff extra days off to support their mental health is finding lukewarm support among organisations, according to the latest survey by Employee Benefits.Just over a third (36%) of respondents confirmed that they are planning to give employees extra days off for their mental wellbeing, with another ...
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ArticleAbbots Care introduces staff wellbeing app
Home health care service Abbots Care has announced the launch of a mobile app to monitor, understand and support the health and mental wellbeing of its care workers today (27 September).The app will help to combat feelings of isolation and allows care workers to log how they are feeling following ...
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Article43% of staff facing retirement have health concerns
New research has revealed that more than two-fifths (43%) of employees aged 50-plus are concerned about their deteriorating health as they approach retirement.The study of 1,320 UK workers aged 50 and above, carried out by Vital Research on behalf of financial wellbeing and retirement specialist Wealth at Work, found that ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 17 September - 23 September 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 17 September – 23 September 2021 were: Metro Bank enhances staff benefits offering during the pandemicToyota staff grow their own lunchBelmont Packaging switches to four-day working weekWeetabix engineers strike over payEXCLUSIVE: 51% of SMEs lag behind on diversityAAT publishes first ethnicity pay ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Dr Alex George to give keynote at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: In just two weeks' time, Dr Alex George, accident and emergency and TV doctor and UK government youth mental health ambassador, will be delivering the opening keynote speech about mental health on the second day of Employee Benefits Live 2021.‘A state of mind: Making mental health a positive workplace ...
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Article60% of employees say financial concerns led to anxiety
New data has found that three-fifths (60%) of employees have had financial concerns that has resulted in anxiety, stress and depression.Barnett Waddingham surveyed 2,001 UK employees about the future of work and employee wellbeing in the UK, and revealed that the generation most likely to see their mental health suffer ...
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Article65% of firms predict financial wellbeing challenge
New research has found that two-thirds (65%) of HR decision makers predicted financial wellbeing will become the next big employee challenge.Pensions organisation Scottish Widows, which surveyed more than 500 HR leaders from UK businesses, revealed that monetary concerns during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic have led to almost half of workers ...