Category: Wellbeing
Debt awareness week: A spotlight on Gambling
Justine Woolf | 24 March 2023
Much of the HR focus in the past year has been geared towards the cost-of-living crisis and ways in which employers can help workers manage debt and overcome financial challenges. One related area that has received less attention is the financial hardship and stress caused by gambling. As a trustee for BetKnowMore, a charity that addresses gambling-related harm in UK communities, the subject is pertinent and personal to me.
How to address the Great Resignation through employee benefits
18 August 2022
Employee engagement | Engagement | Reward | Wellbeing | Flexible Benefits | Remote Working
Coming out of the pandemic, data on the Great Resignation around employee discontent and ultimately turnover is very mixed. Some organisations looked after their employees during Covid, kept them connected, allowed them to work remotely and showed concern for their wellbeing.
GUEST BLOG: 5 ways to support the mental health of bereaved employees
23 June 2022
Employees suffering from grief need to be managed with care and sensitivity. Having a bereavement framework in place is a big step forward.
How to keep supporting social wellbeing in a hybrid working model
03 March 2022
Flexible working | Agile working | Wellbeing | Flexible Benefits
Work from home guidance may have ended, but many organisations will be continuing to offer hybrid or even fully remote working as standard.
Act now to meet the changing needs of your employees
21 January 2022
Pay & Reward | Wellbeing | Responsible Reward
Defining a wellbeing strategy is one of those things that people say is a priority, but it does not always happen – indeed, a recent report by Mercer showed 48% of executives rank employee wellbeing as a top workforce concern, yet only 29% of HR leaders had a health and wellbeing strategy.
Four ways to be authentic and avoid ‘wellbeing washing’
13 August 2021
To ensure that you avoid wellbeing washing when you are embarking on developing a wellbeing programme, you must build an authentic strategy. Sarah Lardner provides her top four tips to get you started.
Reframing reward post-COVID: create a foundation for recovery and growth
07 January 2021
Motivation | Pay & Reward | Organisational Design | Reward Strategy | Performance | Wellbeing | Covid-19
Moving from reactive to proactively assessing current state against the future aspiration will place HR in control and will enable space to create a compelling, effective and sustainable people strategy that can support the business to transition from the recovery phase to the growth phase. Sarah Lardner explains how.
Responsible reward: why does it matter and how does it interlink with employee wellbeing?
18 September 2020
Wellbeing | Responsible Reward
ESG isn’t just something that matters to investors; it impacts all of us. With younger generations appearing to have higher expectations for corporate and social responsibility, it is more important than ever that ESG is considered when crafting your employee wellbeing strategy.
Maintaining work-life balance
27 May 2020
Wellbeing | Covid-19 | Mental Health
With the tide cautiously turning, now is the time to consider the new reality which, for some of us, is working from home as a long-term requirement. Emer Bucukoglu looks as ways you can carve out some useful habits to help achieve some sense of balance between work and home.
What to say (and not say) to a colleague who is grieving
19 May 2020
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, our associate Gemma Bullivant has kindly put together a few ways in which we can all be more mindful in how we communicate with those who are struggling with grief - both during the pandemic and beyond.
How HR can adapt to Coronavirus disruption and enable better engagement
17 March 2020
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Engagement | Flexible working | Communications | Agile working | HR Technology | Wellbeing | Covid-19
With Coronavirus disruption and so many employees now working remotely, it’s essential we don’t forget the importance of connecting with each other. Judith Moore examines 3 priorities for HR professionals to keep employees engaged during this difficult time.
2019’s top 5 workplace benefits
03 December 2019
Pay & Reward | Employee engagement | Flexible working | Agile working | Culture | Productivity | Wellbeing | Employee Benefits
Senior Consultant Ben Rowley picks his top 5 benefits of 2019, which deliver the holy trinity of being valued by staff, boosting engagement, and providing a good return on investment.
