News – Page 21
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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 ...
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ArticleWomen reveal lack of menopause support at work
Research published today (31 March) has highlighted the lack of menopause support women receive as they struggle to stay in work while experiencing symptoms.According to the Driving the change: menopause and the workplace report, not only is help sporadic but also poor in quality, with 76% of respondents calling for ...
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ArticleAmey rolls out new mental wellbeing support
Infrastructure services provider Amey has teamed up with mental health charity Mates in Mind to help widen the conversation among staff about managing their mental wellbeing and resilience.The partnership will see the organisation roll out the charity’s bespoke mental health and wellbeing programmes to staff, starting with online mental health ...
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ArticleGroup protection usage hit by data privacy fears
New research has suggested that slower-than-anticipated uptake of some group protection benefits may be due to data privacy fears.According to a study by Legal and General, 19% of staff questioned who had access to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) revealed that privacy concerns were a barrier to usage – a figure ...
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ArticleStudy finds mindset key to financial wellbeing
Pensions and investment company Aegon has today (29 March) published research which has analysed the link between financial wellbeing and people’s mindsets.The Financial wellbeing index placed an equal weighting on money factors such as income levels, budgeting skills and affordability of debt, alongside mindset factors such as peoples’ ability to ...
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ArticleMental health challenge for 70% of young employees
Younger generations want their employers to focus far more on the mental health challenge they are facing, according to new research by social purpose strategy firm Purpose Union.The study dramatically revealed the impact the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had on employee wellbeing, with seven in 10 (70%) of millennials and ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 18 March – 24 March 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 March – 24 March 2021 were: Supreme Court dismisses sleep pay claimsHas the role of health cash plans changed during the pandemic?BAE Systems outlines placing mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategiesEmployee wellbeing findings a ‘wake-up call’ for actionBT gives ...
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Article42% of leisure workers would hide mental health issues
As many as 42% of leisure workers would not be honest with their employer about the need to take time off for a mental health issue, a national study has revealed.The Workforce state of mind survey 2021, which polled 1,140 individuals and employers across 81 organisations in the fitness and ...
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ArticleNationwide allows permanent working from home
Nationwide Building Society has announced that all of its 13,000 office staff will be allowed to work remotely – even after restrictions urging people to do so are eased.The move means it has become one of the largest employers to formally introduce permanent working from home.In a statement, the organisation ...
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ArticleOne-fifth of managers want to quit from Covid-19 burnout
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is not just taking its toll on frontline employees; managers are suffering burnout too, with new data showing it is forcing many to the point of wanting to quit.Research from Benenden Health has found nearly two-thirds of managers have experienced burnout during the past 12 months, with more ...
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ArticleEmployees embrace their year working from home
New data marking the one-year anniversary of the UK going into lockdown has revealed that, among civil servants at least, home working has been embraced.The research by pollster Opinium for SAP found that 57% of civil servants questioned said they now had a better work-life balance, while nearly half (49%) ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems outlines placing mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategies
Employee Benefits Insights 2021: The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the need for robust mental health strategies, explained Claire Walsh, health, wellbeing and injury prevention manager for BAE Systems.In the closing keynote address to the Employee Benefits Insight 2021 virtual event, Walsh told delegates: “If we consider the ...
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ArticleEmployee wellbeing findings a ‘wake-up call’ for action
Joint research by YuLife and YouGov has revealed the deleterious impact on employee wellbeing and mental health from a year of lockdown.With at-home staff reporting feeling ‘always-on’ and having to juggle caring commitments, the study showed nearly a quarter of workers (22%) simply do not take any breaks at all ...
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ArticleTime to send employees to sleep?
Something for the weekend: The arrival of World Sleep Day today (19 March) cannot have come too soon for many of us, as the nation struggles with lockdown lack of sleep thanks to the stress of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), remote working and a lack of routine.Now new research by sleep experts ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Taking time out to boost morale
As we reported earlier this week, managed transport and accommodation group CMAC will be hosting a number of employee wellbeing events as part of its ‘Time Out Week’ from Monday (22 March) to boost morale among its workforce.By offering sessions including virtual yoga, cocktail-making classes and online learning, the organisation ...
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Article25% of employees have not had a wellbeing check-in during lockdown
Just days before the one-year anniversary of lockdown, research by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) has revealed that a quarter of staff have still not had a wellbeing check-in since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic started.Timed to coincide with MHFA’s ‘My Whole Self Day’, the survey further found that nearly a ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TSB takes a proactive approach to employee wellbeing and mental health
Employee Benefits Insights 2021: TSB's approach to employee wellbeing follows a cycle of support, which includes building resilience and raising awareness of mental health.In a virtual session entitled Building resilient teams – a whole-person, whole-organisation approach, sponsored by Unmind, Sarah McPake, head of talent, insights and inclusion at TSB (pictured), ...
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ArticleCMAC unveils 'Time Out’ wellness week
Managed transport and accommodation group CMAC is planning to stage a number of employee wellbeing events from Monday (22 March).The organisation's ‘Time Out Week’ aims to encourage its 150 workers to make time to take breaks, and give them tools to manage their mental health and resilience during lockdown.Time Out ...
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ArticleEmployees demand more mental health support
Research carried out by Canada Life has revealed strong demand from employees for more workplace mental health and wellbeing support.In a poll of nearly 2,000 working adults with children of school age, more than half (54%) said they wanted their employers to introduce specific mental wellness days. This increased to ...