Honeydew team attended an inspirational talk about how to become happy at work. The room full of HR professionals all agreed that a happy workforce is a productive one and the speaker, Henry Stewart of Happy Ltd, suggested that the primary strategic goal of any business should be to make its employees happy for best results operationally and financially. Continue reading
Category Archives: Blog
How to: Set absence targets to achieve good attendance
Effective absence management is highly dependent on good communication, specifically communication between management and employees. If the employee is honest and punctual in updating the employer on the status of their health or personal situation, the employer can help and manage the situation for a swift return to work and minimal impact on the remaining employees.
How to: Improve the effectiveness of Return to work interviews
Return to work (RTW) interviews have proven to be an effective absence management tool. However, some managers still struggle to undertake effective interviews or even find the time to carry them out.
How to: Prevent & ease musculoskeletal disorders in the work place
Honeydew Health has devised a simple 3 step plan to help prevent you understand and prevent the causes of Musculoskeletal Disorders.
What causes Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)?
Musculoskeletal disorders are caused by the affect of stress placed on your joints, muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and spinal disks. Continue reading
Government takes a stance to prevent long term illness
Last week the Government officially published their response to Black and Frosts’ 2011 review of sickness absence in the UK..
The biggest change to be made as a result of the review of sickness absence, is the introduction of the Long Term Absence scheme which offers free Occupational Health (OH) assessments to employees that have been signed off work for 4 weeks. Continue reading
How to Measure Wellbeing at Work
The second in our series of ‘How to’ Guides, is an article written by guest writer Wayne Campbell at Healthy Performance.
“What you can measure, you can improve!”
With wellbeing one of the top five boardroom issues, it’s now important to measure the effectiveness and impact of your wellbeing programme, not just implement initiatives. Continue reading
How to: Implement a workplace wellness scheme
Honeydew Health has created a How To guide for implementing your own workplace wellness scheme in 7 easy steps.
Focus driven attendance is the key to 2013
Instead of setting specific goals in 2013, set areas of focus. Continue reading
A great combination: health management apps & health management classes
Smart phone Apps have become the latest trend for Health management and weight loss firms to reach the public. As many of us are ‘addicted’ to our phones, it only makes sense to provide advice, information and tools for improving personal health via this platform.
Settlement Agreement Plans
Settlement agreement plans are set to change the way businesses operate. In an attempt to make the termination of employment more amicable, quicker and actually easier, UK businesses are left with no excuse for lagging job creation. Continue reading