Don Shenker, director of the Alcohol Health Network (AHN), has written an article for Personnel Today about alcohol misuse and ways to prevent it. Continue reading
Category Archives: Healthy attendance
Holidays are good for your health
It’s the height of summer and hopefully you have just been or are looking forward to going on holiday soon. If you don’t have any holiday booked, we strongly recommend you rectify that soon because, simply put, holidays are good for your health! Continue reading
Cycle to work – a miracle medicine
“To promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce environmental pollution, the 1999 Finance Act introduced an annual tax exemption, which allows employers to loan cycles and cyclists’ safety equipment to employees as a tax-free benefit” as you can read on the gov.uk website. This Cycle to Work scheme is still going strong with nearly half a million bikes sold through the Cyclescheme. Continue reading
Letter from Sleeps-with-Smartphone – and how to manage holidays more efficiently!
One of our Usual Suspects, Sleeps-with-Smartphone, has written us a letter to update us on how her summer is going so far. If you were at the HR Software Show 2014, you might have met her there. In her letter she also tells us about the new holiday booking tool at her workplace that helps the company manage holidays better. Continue reading
Do you follow your body clock?
Does your daily routine go hand in hand with your body clock? Do you sleep when you will get the best rest? Do you wake up at sunrise? Do you notice a difference in how you feel depending on the cycle you follow? Continue reading
Have Whole Foods got it right?
Emotionally involved leadership is the order of the day at Whole Foods. But, whilst the UK may wince at this idea, the success of this wholly American business may convince you otherwise. Have Whole Foods got it right? Continue reading
Is Macho Culture preventing good OH?
Occupational health (OH) can often be the corner stone of good employee wellbeing. But unfortunately, if no-one is aware of the issue, it cannot be fixed. Is Macho Culture preventing good OH? Continue reading
Stop smoking today, together
March 12th 2014 is the UK’s National No Smoking Day. Vowing to stop smoking today, together means that not only will you be doing your body (and bank balance) a great favour, you’ll be doing it joined by thousands across the country. What better time to stop? Continue reading
Worst absence excuses of 2013
Recently, Honeydew Health came across a discussion on Linkedin asking members of its group to share the best (or worst, depending on how you think about it) absence excuses they have ever heard. Continue reading
Unloved employees pull the most sickies
Its official! If employees feel that their employers don’t care about them, they vote with their feet and walk on home. Continue reading