The top 3 causes of workplace mental health issues (and how to solve them)
Benenden’s recent mental health report revealed that more than four in ten (42.4%) employees have suffered from stress and 35.2% from anxiety and depression. When we asked them to share the underlying cause of mental health issues in the workplace; the top three reported reasons were: Increased workload (38.2%) Financial concerns (17.9%) Workplace bulling (9.5%) Given […]
GUEST BLOG: Employee Health – Why prevention is better than cure
By Benenden It’s well documented – everywhere from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – that prevention is better than cure when it comes to health. And the good news is, this is something you can help your employees with. Encouraging your workforce to adopt a proactive approach […]
GUEST BLOG: Workflow Automation Part Two – The negative impact of paper & manual processes
By Karen Guglielmo, Iron Mountain In part one of our three-part series on the impact of paper and manual processes on HR departments, we examined the costs—in pounds and pence, risk and inefficiencies—of an over-reliance on paper and manual processes. In part two, we look at the impact on HR workflows in greater detail. As […]
GUEST BLOG: Employee mental health and wellbeing – are you doing enough?
By Benenden With a recent national emphasis on mental health, UK employers have never had a better opportunity to start a conversation with their employees about their mental health. With 7 in 10 employees having suffered from a condition that’s related to mental health – from stress to suicidal feelings – there couldn’t be a more […]
GUEST BLOG: Workflow Automation Part One – Are manual and paper processes holding you back?
By Karen Guglielmo, Iron Mountain It’s interesting, isn’t it? For many departments, workflow automation is commonplace, and yet, Human Resources, one of the most record-heavy and paper-intensive among them, is still largely mired in burdensome, manual processes. While HR isn’t completely devoid of automation, a lot of what passes for it is still dependent on the (significantly […]
GUEST BLOG: The HR guide to business travel
By Leasecar.uk How employees get to work can have an enormous impact on their job satisfaction and work/life balance, making it vital for businesses to create policies and procedures and ensure staff understand their rights. Did you know that some car insurance providers do not provide cover for journeys during hours of work? Therefore, if […]
GUEST BLOG: Do Britons need to work for longer to secure a comfortable retirement?
By True Potential Investor Securing a comfortable retirement isn’t as easy as it sounds – 60% of UK savers have given up hope of retiring at a reasonable age, recent research has found, because they feel they need more time to put money aside for their pensions. In their quarterly Consumer Savings and Debt Data […]
GUEST BLOG: How damaging is business downtime?
Unfortunately, software and technologies can unexpectedly fail in a business and this can disturb the work flow and the amount of revenue that can be made. Given our growing technological dependence, one minor misconfiguration or full-scale system failure can lead to significantly reduced productivity — or worse still, complete business shutdown. Of course, preventing this […]
GUEST BLOG: 3 must-read tips for HR success in 2018
By Dipa Mistry Kandola, Head of Flexible Benefits, LCP In this blog, Dipa Mistry Kandola shares her must-read tips to help you successfully adjust to the new regulations that will be impacting HR departments across the UK imminently. And with just over 6 months to go, how you can take this opportunity to revisit your strategy setting […]
GUEST BLOG: When workplace technology helps without compromise
As workplace sensor technology becomes more pervasive, Raj Krishnamurthy, CEO at Workplace Fabric, readdresses the delicate balance of benefits vs privacy… Earlier this summer, we heard of a Wisconsin-based tech company ‘microchipping employees’ to enable contactless access to buildings, computers and even cafeteria purchases. And while the thought of a rice-sized RFID chip implanted under the […]
