City employers are being urged to prepare for the Olympics, following findings that show a third have no contingency plan in place.
Research from the MWB Business Exchange highlighted that only one in 10 organisations are planning to allow staff to work from home during the...
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is urging the Government to proceed with plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees.
The call follows the results of a study which suggest just four per cent of businesses have struggled to...
Christian Berenger discusses whether introducing flexible working is the perfect remedy for absenteeism, or if it can prevent unauthorised days off occurring in the first place.
Saving and surviving the downturn is still a prevalent issue for many businesses. Companies are inevitably focusing their efforts on cost cutting measures, but one significant expense that continues to be overlooked is staff absence. It is an expensive business which can spiral out of control if...
Nearly two-thirds of employers are yet to inform staff about their leave policy during this summer’s Olympic Games.
Research from Badenoch & Clark showed that 60 per cent of firms have not told workers who wish to attend events what the leave arrangements are....
As many as three-quarters of finance directors (FDs) have failed to review their company’s employee benefits since 2009.
Time and economic pressures were blamed for the lack of evaluation in a survey commissioned by insurance provider Unum.
Around one in five FDs...
Ensuring that employees strike the right balance between their home and work life can be difficult. Here is some advice you could offer them to effectively do this.
Setting the boundaries
Set clear demarcation lines between work and home life. If staff need to work at home, tell them...
More than 80 per cent of businesses are going beyond the statutory obligations for sick leave.
Research from Unum and Personnel Today has found that 67 per cent of employers will continue to financially support their employees for up to a year, even if statutory sick pay (SSP) has...
Employers have been warned to ensure staff absence and holiday planning is effectively managed.
The number of annual leave requests and unauthorised absences increase over the festive season and businesses cannot afford to ignore the impact.
Christian Berenger, Business Development...
The UK needs to develop a more effective approach to helping employees recover from a bout of long-term sickness absence, according to the UK Rehabilitation Council (UKRC).
The call comes ahead of the Sickness Absence Review, which is due to be published later today. The...
Ahead of the Government’s Sickness Absence Review it has emerged that the number of women claiming sickness benefits is rising faster than men.
According to analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions statistics by Legal & General, during the
12 months from...
A female detective has been signed off sick for four months for having a “broken heart”.
The officer has been diagnosed with stress after she split up with her married boyfriend, who returned to his estranged wife. The woman in her 40s has since been off work on full pay....
Edmund Tirbutt assesses the potential impact of the Government’s sickness absence review on the demand for voluntary health benefits.
The Government’s sickness absence review, which was due to report this October, is widely expected to accelerate the shift in responsibility for workplace health away from the State towards employers. Many of those who are hard up are therefore likely to consider passing on the costs of...
Line managers need support in order to tackle absenteeism in the workplace, according to Legal
& General.
Esther McVey MP described these workers as “the crucial front line force” at a roundtable event held by
the firm.
The comments from the Parliamentary...
Wellbeing initiatives have improved absent rates by 15 per cent at Legal & General.
The firm undertook a pilot scheme providing employees with access to an online health and wellbeing programme. They were given support for low emotional health and “stress management in the workplace...
Around a fifth of employers intend to spend more on health-related benefits, while more than half would be happy to do so if there was a clear return on investment.
The annual Aviva Health of the Workplace report also reveals, however, that around a quarter of businesses provide staff...
