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Case StudiesRSK employees use technology to track steps in pedometer challenge
Engineering and environmental consultancy RSK encourages employees to track their fitness activity through wearable technology and its self-service HR system.Each year since 2015, the organisation has run a four-week pedometer challenge, inviting employees from all global offices to take part. This year, the challenge launched at the beginning of May, ...
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AnalysisThe impact of digital healthcare on health and wellbeing strategies
Need to know:Before investing in a digital healthcare solution, employers must consider their end goal, as well as the demands of the end-user.Organisations should build a strategy to ensure that digital interventions make a real difference to those employees that need it, rather than providing the newest trends.Virtual health can ...
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OpinionColin Barnes: Could mHealth technology transform wellbeing?
Transforming employee health and wellbeing is a challenge, with many programmes failing to deliver the desired results.It is easy to see why traditional health and wellbeing programmes do not always work. A one-size-fits-all approach is great for some employees, but can potentially alienate others. Similarly, offering a wide range of ...
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OpinionIan McKenna: Gamified apps help employees engage with benefits
Smartphones are embedded in the vast majority of consumers’ lives. This should make providing access to employee benefits and health interventions via an app a hygiene factor for any organisation, but is simply enabling an app enough to drive engagement?Phones are littered with applications that have been downloaded with enthusiasm ...
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ArticlePoll: 52% provide portable technology to encourage home working
Employee Benefits poll: More than half (52%) of respondents provide portable technology in order to encourage employees to work from home.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 58 responses, also found that almost two-fifths (38%) of organisations do not encourage home working at all.In comparison, 5% of employers have ...
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ArticleFloating bar in Caribbean Sea seeks bartender for summer work
Something for the weekend: A bar on stilts in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, situated one mile from the coast of Jamaica, is on the hunt for a new bartender to pull pints and create cocktails over the summer, with all flights and accommodation paid for.The idyllic job at ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Employers must prioritise mental health and wellbeing
This week has seen the issue of mental wellbeing take centre stage, thanks to Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 13 to 19 May.The initiative, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, highlights just how widespread the matter is, the impact that mental health issues can have within organisations, and ...
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Supplier articleJoin My Gym Discounts Ireland for a healthier workplace
Health and wellness have never been more important or as relevant than they are now. Wellness is associated with actively becoming aware of and making choices towards a healthier life. Taking care of your body and mind can help boost your overall sense of wellbeing and allow you to recognise ...
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ArticleEuropean court rules that member states must measure employees’ working time
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that European Union (EU) member states must require employers to measure the duration of time worked by each employee, both normal hours and overtime, to ensure staff are not working beyond the legal maximum number of hours, and that ...
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ArticleChiswick Park launches summer event programme for 9,000 staff
Business campus Chiswick Park has launched its Summer on the Park 2019 event programme for the 9,000 people working from its West London-based site; this includes the creation of a sandy beach and outdoor film screenings.Running between Friday 24 May and Friday 13 September 2019, Summer on the Park will ...
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Supplier articleBringing your business together with a culture of continuous recognition
by Phil Collin, Senior Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayEvery company wants employees aligned with their vision and values and to improve communication and collaboration between different teams. In this eBook, Torsten Beck, Suncorp's Executive Manager - Benefits, discusses how Suncorp achieved this by using a simple and consistent employee ...
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ArticleSpeed signs Time to Change pledge and introduces enhanced wellbeing programme
On Monday 13 May 2019, Bristol-based PR firm Speed signed the Time to Change pledge, marking Mental Health Awareness Week with a commitment to challenge stigma and provide a supportive and open working environment.The pledge, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, asks employers to implement action plans to support ...
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Supplier articleHow to deliver impactful employee benefits which help everyday life
by Liam Jones, Creative Content Writer at Reward GatewayWhile employers are reaching for a range of eye-catching employee benefits which they hope will improve their Employee Value Proposition (EVP), there’s a whole host of benefits which have an actual impact on what’s most important to your employees – their everyday ...
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Supplier article5 ways to tackle mental health in the workplace
Mental Health Awareness Week is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health problems and inspire action to promote the message of good mental health for all. Mental health is often seen as a taboo subject, especially in the corporate world, however more and more ...
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Supplier articleIs your employee recognition programme meaningful enough? Five ways to make yours count
by Debra Corey, Best-Selling Author & Advisor to Reward Gateway We all like to be recognised, to feel appreciated for our actions and for our behaviors. But is the act of recognising enough?Well, sometimes. But more often than not, it can cause more harm than good. And that’s because if ...
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Supplier articleEmployers reminded of eye test obligations for users of display screen equipment
Employers are being reminded of their legal obligations under Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines to employees who use display screen equipment (DSE) as a regular part of their daily work routines.The reminder comes from eye care specialist, VSP Vision Care UK, the British arm of giant US-based eye health ...
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ArticleManchester University NHS Foundation Trust launches incentivised wellbeing programme
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has launched an incentivised sustainability and wellbeing behaviour change programme for its 20,000 employees.The Green Rewards programme, delivered by Jump, aims to encourage positive actions among employees. The programme was launched on 7 May 2019 and is available to staff in nine hospitals, as well ...
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ArticleCentrica announces global policy giving carers 10 days of paid leave
Multinational energy and services organisation Centrica has announced that it will be amending its carers policy, giving employees with caring responsibilities access to 10 days of dedicated paid leave.The new policy, which will come into effect on 1 June 2019, includes 10 days of paid carers leave, in addition to ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars introduces gender-equal parental leave policy for EMEA employees
Car manufacturer Volvo Cars has introduced a new parental leave policy for sales employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).The gender-neutral policy was announced on 6 May 2019, and offers both mothers and fathers six months of leave with 80% pay. The new paid parental leave policy is ...
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ArticleJCB, Virgin Media and Philips among the first to sign new disability employment pledge
Construction and agriculture equipment manufacturer JCB, telephone, television and internet service provider Virgin Media, and technology organisation Philips are among the first employers to sign a new pledge to decrease the UK's disability employment gap.The #WorkWithMe pledge was launched by Virgin Media and disability equality charity Scope on 8 May ...