PWC’s recent report on ‘The Future of Work‘ gathered the opinions of 10,000 people in China, India, Germany, the UK and the US to compile a diverse understanding of workers’ views on the future of work. Naturally, not all participants agreed on views and opinions varied due to differing contexts and perspectives. Continue reading
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Around the world: Innovative approaches to productivity
This week’s news reports interesting workplace initiatives aimed at improving performance around the world. These innovative approaches to productivity come from Germany, where employees are being allowed to delete all incoming mail whilst on holiday and from Japan, where employees are encouraged to nap at work. Continue reading
Britain’s Healthiest Company 2014: how to top the list
PruHealth, Mercer & The Telegraph have joined forces once again to survey companies nationwide and assess how healthy they and their employees are in Britain’s Healthiest Company competition. Continue reading
Health Management Ltd to deliver Health and Work Service
The Government has chosen Health Management Ltd to deliver its Health and Work Service scheme. The scheme is aimed to help the almost 1 million employees who take long-term sick leave each year. Continue reading
Employment tribunal claims down drastically after fees were introduced
One year ago, in July 2013, the Government introduced fees for bringing a claim to employment tribunal. Sexual harassment, unfair dismissal and discrimination claims now cost claimants £1,200. Claims to recover unpaid wages or holiday pay cost the employees £390. This has, unsurprisingly, had a major impact on the number of claims processed by the tribunal courts. Continue reading
Fit for Work UK call to action to prevent chronic illness
Fit for Work UK have issued a call to action this week (21st July 2014) to put the growing ill-health of UK workforce on the agenda. Continue reading
Easy self-assessments could reduce absence due to alcohol misuse drastically
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
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
Letter from Butch Presentee and how to engage employees
Here’s a letter from one of our Usual Suspects, Butch Presentee. As you might remember, the Usual Suspects of poor attendance (see the animation here) are that 20% of the workforce responsible for 80% of absence problems. Butch’s main issue is presenteeism and dis-engagement. Here’s how he has been doing recently: 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