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ArticleFour-fifths of UK employees state poor mental wellbeing impacts their work
Four-fifths (80%) of UK employees who have struggled with poor mental wellbeing believe that this has impacted on their work, according to research by insight agency Opinium and the University of Warwick.The Workplace mental wellbeing report, which surveyed 2,009 UK employees aged 18 or over, also found that 67% of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Hero acquires mental health organisation The Balanced You
EXCLUSIVE: Health and technology business Hero has acquired mental health services organisation The Balanced You, in its third acquisition within the past 12 months.The Balanced You, founded four years ago, provides a range of mental health and wellbeing services, including specialist one-to-one counselling, mindfulness sessions, wellbeing retreats, reiki and hypnotherapy.Hero ...
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ArticleTeam building organisation seeks aural artist to create soothing sounds
Something for the weekend: Corporate team building business TeamTactics.co.uk is recruiting an ASMR artist, to deliver soothing sounds to stressed-out office workers for £30 an hour.The role will see a zen-focused member of the public sign up to conduct hour-long group sessions for employees, delivering aural triggers that aim to ...
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ArticleThe Stand Comedy Club commits to Fair Fringe charter to improve pay for 120 staff
Image credit: The Stand Comedy ClubThe Stand Comedy Club has signed the Fair Fringe charter, pledging to improve pay and working conditions for its 120 employees that work during the popular annual music and arts showcase, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.The Fair Fringe charter, part of the Fair Fringe campaign launched ...
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Supplier articleIs your employee protection cover ceasing too early?
The danger of non-complianceFollowing the removal of the default retirement age (DRA), employee protection insurance benefits (group life assurance, group income protection and group critical illness cover) can legally cease at age 65 or the State Pension Age (SPA), whichever is later.Group Risk Development (GRiD) has previously warned employers that ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by TGI Friday’s
The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s:PensionsA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme via the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest): staff save 5% of their salary and TGI Friday’s contributes 3%.Managers and directors of operations can opt to save into a group personal pension (GPP), provided by Standard Life, which enables them ...
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Case StudiesTGI Friday's uses layered recognition strategies to improve staff retention and wellbeing
American-themed casual dining chain TGI Friday's uses a sophisticated, multi-layered approach to recognition to bolster retention and improve the wellbeing of its 5,250 UK-based employees, who operate across 88 national restaurants as well as a main support centre.Jacqui McManus, culture and people development director at TGI Friday's, explains: “That’s really ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Flexible working initiatives offered by 76% of organisations
EXCLUSIVE: Flexible working initiatives remain the most popular lifestyle benefit, offered by 76% of organisations overall, and as a core benefit for all employees at 50%, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report, which surveyed 290 respondents and was published in May 2019, also found that retail ...
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ArticleAbbey House Hotel and Gardens provides mental health training for senior managers
Cumbria-based Abbey House Hotel and Gardens has trained three of its senior managers in mental health first aid, to support both the physical and mental wellbeing of its 100-strong workforce.The training, delivered by Dalton-based organisation SOA Safety, was completed in July 2019 for the hotel's head chef, marketing manager and ...
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Supplier articleHow to assess workplace wellbeing
In our previous article we discussed the eight steps to create a workplace wellbeing programme. One of the most important steps is a thorough assessment of your current workplace wellbeing to understand what is working and identify where your gaps are.There are three main sources of information that are pivotal ...
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OpinionDaniel Parker: LGBT employment equality - the journey so far
With a particularly significant Pride Month having taken place this June, marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, one might be forgiven for looking to the past and taking stock, with a critical eye, of decades of change for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in the ...
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ArticleBradbury Group sees 70 staff utilise on-site gym since June 2019
Manufacturing organisation Bradbury Group opened an on-site gym for 162 staff based at its headquarters in Scunthorpe in June 2019, and has since seen 70 employees use the facilities, amounting to an uptake rate of 43% within the first two months of operation.The on-site gym was built to help boost ...
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Supplier article8 Steps to create a workplace wellbeing strategy
Prioritising workplace wellbeing not only looks after your staff, it can look after your business as well. In fact, recent data from the HSE revealed that 1.4 million UK workers suffer from work-related ill health (e.g. conditions such as stress, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders or other illnesses that are caused ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace wellbeing strategy - an employer's guide
Prioritising workplace wellbeing not only looks after your staff, it can look after your business as well. Read our in-depth employers guide to plan and implement an effective workplace wellbeing strategy in your organisation.Request your copy at jelf.com.
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OpinionKatherine Chapman: Living wage brings clear benefits to employees and employers
The Social Metrics Commission's Measuring poverty report, published in July 2019, found that 14 million people are now in poverty, with four million trapped in 'deep poverty', with incomes at least 50% below the official breadline. What is perhaps equally as shocking is that many of these people are in ...
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AnalysisHow can employers tackle in-work poverty?
Need to know:Identifying employees struggling with in-work poverty is difficult, but offering universal solutions can ensure that financial wellbeing initiatives benefit all those in need.Simple measures, such as exploring how to best manage overtime or introducing flexible working, can help staff improve their finances more effectively.A financial wellbeing strategy that ...
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ArticleThink tank proposes increases to wages and annual leave to boost UK’s productivity
Image credit: NEFBritish think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has proposed that minimum wages and statutory paid holiday entitlement be increased in order to improve the UK’s productivity.The Time for demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday report, published in August 2019, suggested that bolstering ...
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ArticleGatwick Airport to introduce bus service for 20,000 on-site employees
West Sussex-based Gatwick Airport has announced that it will be introducing a new shared bus service for the 20,000 individuals working on-site, 2,500 of whom are employed directly by the airport itself, to provide a more cost-effective, stress-free and sustainable commute.The new bus service, provided by Zeelo, has been designed ...
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Supplier articleVSP Vision Care outlines the need for keeping an eye on glaucoma
Many authorities now recognise diabetes as a major health threat that can be identified via signs of early onset detected during comprehensive eye exams. But another major candidate for early detection is glaucoma, a complicated disease that damages the optic nerve and leads to progressive, irreversible vision loss.Often considered the ...
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Supplier articleTop tips for reducing eye strain in the digital workplace from VSP Vision Care
In an increasingly digital age, how many hours a day do you spend staring at a screen? An hour? Three to four hours? More? According to recent findings from The Vision Council, 60% of us spend five or more hours a day with our eyes fixed on a smartphone, laptop, ...