40% of your employees want access to a private GP. Is this something you should offer?
Is private healthcare worthwhile for small and medium businesses? Dr Zubair Ahmed, co-founder and CEO of Medicspot, explains why we should be thinking differently about employee health… Many businesses in the UK are still missing out on the benefits of providing private healthcare to their employees. This is due to the widely-held perception that only […]
GUEST BLOG: Maximising the usefulness of the employee engagement survey
Glint’s Steven Buck examines how the employee satisfaction survey can be a valuable tool… Every organisation wants their employees to feel happy with their day-to-day demands and work-life balance. These, after all, are essential ingredients to boosting productivity levels. But how can HR get a real sense of satisfaction levels in the workplace? Traditional survey […]
GUEST BLOG: Ways to improve mental health within the workplace
Mental health is a huge focus in the media currently and rightly so. According to figures nearly one in four adults in the UK will experience some form of mental health issues every single year with nearly one in six of us experiencing a common mental health problem on a weekly basis. With anxiety and […]
GUEST BLOG: Are your business and employees prepared for a power cut?
By Flogas We know we have erratic weather in Britain. It can be glorious sunshine one moment, before the heavens open and the rain pours down. Such changes in the weather can cause huge stress to our systems nationwide which can also cause power outages. For example, in July 2018, there were a series of […]
GUEST BLOG: Desk-based working environments are leading to ‘tech neck’ – Here’s how you can help
You may be at your desk right now, reading this article. For many of us, spending a majority of our working week based at a desk, on a computer, is totally unavoidable. Combined with incorrect posture, means that many of us our suffering from back and neck issues and the problem is rising. Many people […]
GUEST BLOG: Just in time succession planning – Everything you need to know
By Brendan Murphy, Development Manager at Advanced People Strategies The effective management and leadership of an organisation’s talented individuals is one of the key challenges facing all Human Resource and Learning & Development professionals at the moment. Some would argue that it could be defined as one of the main reasons why some organisations thrive and respond […]
GUEST BLOG: Managing employee relations with data driven insights
Andy Shettle, Chief Product Officer of ER Tracker, Selenity The most important aspect of any business is its people and no organisation can operate effectively without them. Successful businesses understand that a happy workforce is a productive workforce and as the HR function take a more strategic position, increasing emphasis is being placed on effectively […]
GUEST BLOG: How to measure internal communications
Cyrus Gilbert-Rolfe, MD EMEA at SocialChorus The workplace is undergoing a seismic shift. Businesses are now not only judged by their revenues or products, but also on the culture they build. The relationships companies have with their customers, the communities they have built around them and, importantly, their employees matter – a lot. In light […]
Keeping companies healthy – could staff supplements be the answer?
By Pharmanord Nutritional supplement maker Pharma Nord UK has floated the idea that corporate wellbeing could be improved if employers supplied their employees with vitamins. With British workers ‘fearing’ taking time off – according to the Office for National Statistics – people are going into work even though they are ill. In 2017, the average employee […]
GUEST BLOG: Essential steps to counter workplace stress
Stress is an emotion which is all too prevalent in the workplace. A common perception is that these sorts of feelings can serve as an internal motivation tool to strive towards success – however without even realising it, these feelings can quickly become all-consuming. Once an individual has fallen victim to workplace stress, these feelings […]
