All articles by Sam Barrett – Page 5
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Case StudiesRevolut offers range of health and wellbeing support to expatriate staff
Revolut is a global financial technology platform, offering a range of services to help business and personal customers manage their money. Launched in 2015, it employs around 2,700 people and has offices in 24 countries around the world.The global nature of the business means employees, both existing ones and new ...
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Case StudiesFlexible working patterns help Crawford and Company manage staff health and wellbeing
Crawford and Company is an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions with offices around the world. In the UK, it employs 1,450 people in claims handling roles.Pre-pandemic, around 70% of its workforce was office-based with the remainder working remotely. “The world has changed post-pandemic,” says Lisa Bartlett, president, ...
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AnalysisHow can employers address presenteeism and leavism in the workplace?
Need to know:Presenteeism and leavism are common: 84% of employers observed presenteeism during 2020 while 70% saw instances of leavism.Blurred boundaries between home and work coupled with concerns about financial security exacerbated issues around presenteeism and leavism.Good corporate culture, strong leadership and a focus on health and wellbeing can help ...
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Case StudiesAuticon supports neurodivergent workforce with adjustments and coaching support
Auticon is an international IT consultancy and social enterprise, employing autistic individuals to work on client projects. Set up in 2011, it employs more than 300 people globally, including 40 consultants and 10 back-office staff in the UK.Steve Hill, commercial director at Auticon, says: “Our objective is to provide long-term ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support staff who are neurodivergent?
Need to know:Neurodiversity awareness workshops can encourage employees to disclose their conditions and are a good way to start changing workplace culture.Clear, unambiguous communications are important for neurodivergent employees but also benefit the wider workforce.Technology such as noise-cancelling headphones and dictation software can help but employers must also rethink work ...
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Case StudiesInspired Villages regularly informs staff of valuable benefits available
Inspired Villages runs six retirement villages around the UK, with a further 29 planned over the next 10 years. Since starting with 25 colleagues in 2017, it has grown its workforce to 300, with 200 working in the villages providing services such as catering, maintenance and exercise classes. The remainder ...
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AnalysisDo group risk benefits need a different communications approach?
Need to know:Too much technical information is a turn-off when it comes to raising awareness of group risk benefits.Focusing on the embedded health and wellbeing services enables employers to communicate group risk regularly and with messages that will be relevant to more employees.Simple steps such as changing a group risk ...
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AnalysisHow can employers ensure the mental health of male staff is fully supported?
Need to know:Only around a third of referrals to NHS talking therapies are for men but three times as many men as women die by suicide.Promoting low stigma access points, such as debt advice and legal services, will encourage more male employees to use the EAP.Male role models, whether as ...
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Case StudiesLanes Group supports the mental health of workforce with range of initiatives
Wastewater utility solutions provider and drainage specialists Lanes Group employs around 2,200 people across the UK. Many of its employees are in skilled manual roles, such as its jetting and excavation engineers, and the vast majority, around 87%, are male. “We have had some issues with mental health,” says Debi ...
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Case StudiesEmployee wellbeing is a top priority for Assa Abloy
Global leaders in access solutions, Assa Abloy, employs 1,200 people across seven sites in the UK and Ireland. Employee wellbeing has always been important and towards the end of 2019 it was rolling out a series of wellbeing days. “We’d run these at two of our sites and then lockdown ...
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AnalysisHave employers placed wellbeing at the centre of their company culture?
Need to know:By changing working practices and bringing employee wellbeing into sharp focus, the pandemic is forcing employers to adapt their benefits strategies.Working from home during the pandemic has increased the importance of the work-life balance, with employers offering greater flexibility to support this.Wellbeing is about more than benefit spend ...
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Case StudiesLiberty Global builds resilience through employee wellbeing initiatives
Liberty Global employs more than 20,200 people around the world, providing services including broadband, video and fixed and mobile telephony. While responsibility for resilience and employee wellbeing falls to the different brands within the group, Catherine Bamania, director of international benefits at Liberty Global, looks after the needs of the ...
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AnalysisHow can employers create resilience in the current climate?
Need to know:Flexibility is key to building resilience when employees work remotely, especially where they have to juggle other responsibilities such as childcare and looking after an elderly relative.Organisations should encourage employees to take time to focus on their wellbeing when working remotely, including regular breaks and time for activity ...
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AnalysisHas the pandemic affected health and wellbeing priorities around the globe?
Need to know:Cultural differences, varying health risks and legislation drive employers’ health and wellbeing priorities around the world.The biggest differences in provision are in mental health, with the US and Western Europe most advanced in the support they offer employees.The pandemic has accelerated the provision of health and wellbeing support ...
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Case StudiesWells Fargo adapts global health support through pandemic
With more than a quarter of a million employees across 27 different countries outside the US, looking after their health and wellbeing is a key priority for Wells Fargo. Although it had run a variety of health-related initiatives in the past, these hadn’t always maintained employee engagement. To address this, ...
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AnalysisWhat support is available for the long-term impact of the pandemic on staff mental health?
Need to know:The pandemic has worsened employee mental health, with support services reporting increased incidents of conditions such as anxiety and depression.Training line managers to manage remotely and allowing them to flex rules around employees’ needs can take pressure off them and their staff.Consulting with employees and listening to their ...
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Case StudiesElior UK gauges employees' mental wellbeing through constant communication
Elior UK is a contract catering firm, supplying food and support services to a range of businesses as well as the NHS, care homes, education and stadia. It currently employs around 7,000 people across the UK, with some of these employees furloughed while others have been able to continue working ...
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AnalysisWill the group risk industry experience fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic?
Need to know:Insurers have already seen an increase in life insurance claims as a result of Covid-19 and expect more claims on group income protection and group critical illness over the next few years.Engagement with wellbeing apps and digital healthcare has increased during the pandemic, with potential long-term benefits for ...
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AnalysisHow can employers align their reward strategy and diversity and inclusion policies?
Need to know:Equality is firmly on the board agenda, with events such as the pandemic and Black Lives Matter forcing organisations to treat employees fairly.Technology can play a key role in driving diversity and inclusion through reward, enabling greater benefit choice and more personalisation of messaging.By highlighting inequalities, the pandemic ...
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Case StudiesMitie reviews benefits proposition to promote and celebrate inclusivity
Facilities management and professional services firm Mitie employs around 77,500 people across the UK. Most of these employees work in frontline roles such as cleaning, security, engineering and waste management.Inclusion and diversity are important to the organisation and it recently announced a five-year strategy to promote these values across the ...