News – Page 25
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ArticleDuncan Brown: What should employee wellbeing look like in 2020?
Workplace wellbeing has apparently rocketed to the top of every benefits professional's agenda for 2020. The latest Benefit trends survey, published in October 2019 by Willis Towers Watson, for example, found staff wellbeing at the top of the benefits league table, with 76% of employers planning to incorporate it into ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Gympass signs charter to prioritise employee mental health
EXCLUSIVE: Corporate wellness platform Gympass has pledged a commitment to normalising conversations around mental health in the workplace among its 37 employees by signing the InsideOut Charter. The charter asks organisations to openly demonstrate leadership engagement in mental health, and prioritise tackling stigma around the subject by following key principles. ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 employees would move jobs for a better mental health policy
Only three in 10 (29%) of employees would stay in their current job if they were offered the same role at a competitor with comprehensive mental health support and training, according to research by Legal and General. In a survey of 1,000 employees with a minimum of five years' employment, ...
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ArticleThree-fifths of employers do not have an actively managed wellbeing programme
Almost three-fifths (56%) of businesses do not have an actively managed health and wellbeing programme in place, according to research by workplace savings and benefits consultancy Vested.The survey of 100 organisations from across a range of sectors also found that, despite the lack of actively managed programmes, employers had started ...
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ArticleHyatt Hotels gives 45,000 employees access to mindfulness app
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has committed to providing its 45,000 employees with access to a wellbeing and mindfulness app, which will be made available to staff across the organisation's 220 global Hyatt-branded locations in early 2020. The new app, provided by Headspace, forms part of Hyatt Hotels' holistic wellbeing strategy; this ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Opening up conversations around mental health
As our Mental Health Week, in association with Axa PPP Healthcare, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.Mental Health Week took place in the lead up to Blue Monday; the third Monday of January ...
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ArticleStarbucks launches mental wellbeing app for 291,000 employees globally
Coffee retailer and cafe chain organisation Starbucks has committed to breaking the stigma around mental health and supporting its 291,000-strong global workforce by launching a wellbeing app, in addition to running training courses centred around mental and emotional resilience. In Autumn 2019, the employer initially brought together 12,000 store leaders ...
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ArticleTwo in five employees have access to flexible working to manage pressure of Christmas
More than two-fifths of employees (44%) have access to support and flexible working at Christmas to help cope with the pressure of the festive season, according to research by Benenden Health. The research, which surveyed 1,000 small to medium enterprise (SME) business owners, and 1,000 employees, also found that almost ...
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ArticlePoll: 36% of employers use EAPs to support mental health in winter
Employee Benefits poll: More than a third of Employee Benefits readers support staff mental health during the winter months by offering access to an employee assistance programme (EAP).A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 28 responses, also found that 32% of employers were offering flexible or remote working to ...
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ArticleIntu signs Time to Change pledge to support mental health of 2,500 employees
British real estate investment firm Intu has signed the Time to Change pledge, committing to better support the mental health issues faced by its 2,500 employees.The Time to Change employer pledge is run by mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and aims to educate and change how an ...
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ArticleMore than half of UK employees experience daily stress at work
More than half (54%) of employees in the UK suffer from stress in the workplace, according to research by Mindful WorkLife and Gorkana Surveys.The online study, which canvassed the views of 100 UK respondents in November 2019, also found a further quarter (25%) of employees suffered from stress during working ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 UK employees find health affected by stress in the workplace
Seven out of 10 (71%) UK employees have seen workplace stress affect their health, according to research by Moorepay. The research, which canvassed the views of 507 individuals between May and June 2019, also found that a further two-fifths (41%) have been absent from work due to stress.More than half ...
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ArticleWave, Accenture and Moneysupermarket recognised at workplace mental health awards
Utilities provider Wave, financial comparison service Moneysupermarket and professional services firm Accenture were among the employers recognised for their mental health strategies at the inaugural This Can Happen Workplace Mental Health Awards on 21 November 2019.Wave won not only in its own category, Best mental health in the workplace strategy: ...
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ArticleAllianz Partners UK enlists mental health champions to help 400 employees
Image credit: photobyphmInsurance provider Allianz Partners UK has launched a network of 29 mental health champions for the 400 employees based at its headquarters in Croydon.The newly qualified champions, who started training in April 2019 as part of the organisation's wellbeing week activities, join an existing 28 mental health first ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Half of employers say mental health is biggest challenge for staff
EXCLUSIVE: Almost half of employers (49%) say that mental health is one of the biggest challenges faced by employees, according to research by Towergate Health and Protection.The research was conducted at Employee Benefits Live in October 2019 among 39 employee benefits and HR managers, representing 17,000 to 20,000 employees; it ...
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ArticleNorth Leamington School boosts wellbeing with furry faculty member
Something for the weekend: North Leamington School (NLS) has hired a furry faculty member to help improve the mental health of both staff and students.Five month old cockapoo Lulu (pictured) joined the team at NLS in October 2019, and is currently enrolled in an eight-month training programme to become an ...
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ArticleSearch Laboratory enhances flexible working policy to support staff wellbeing
Leeds, London and New York-based digital marketing agency Search Laboratory has introduced an enhanced flexible working policy in a bid to support and improve the wellbeing and mental health of its 150 employees.The new policy was announced during the organisation's wellbeing week, which ran from 4 November to 8 November ...
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ArticleDaisy Communications hosts stress awareness week for 320 employees
Business communications provider Daisy Communications held a week full of activities to de-stress its 320 employees.The organisation, based in East Lancashire, held a week's worth of stress-busting activities on 4 November to 8 November 2019 for all of its employees to coincide with International Stress Awareness Week.Daisy's stress awareness week ...
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ArticleChipotle enhances mental and financial wellbeing package for 80,000 employees
American fast food restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching an improved suite of mental and financial wellbeing benefits for 80,000 employees in the US and Canada from 2020.Working in association with healthcare solutions provider Health Advocate, Chipotle will be providing employees with a range of benefits, including an employee ...
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ArticleWorcester Bosch signs Time to Change Pledge as part of ongoing mental health strategy
Boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch announced yesterday (4 November 2019) that it is supporting the Time to Change Employer Pledge as part of its mental health strategy.The organisation, which has headquarters in Worcester and a manufacturing plant in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, aims to raise awareness of mental illness and educate its ...