Ground-Breaking Programme for Stress Bound for Capital
A ground-breaking programme which harnesses the benefits of activity in forests and woods to combat workplace stress is to be rolled out in Edinburgh following agreement with the city council. Innovative forest-based workshops, developed by business, Wild Workforce, have been…
NDA achieves Menopause Friendly Accreditation
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has achieved Menopause Friendly Accreditation in recognition of its work to foster an inclusive culture and put in place the right support for colleagues affected by menopause. The accreditation, established by Henpicked: Menopause In The…
Menstruation Friendly launches to support employers
Menstruation affects half the world’s population for a very significant part of their life. Despite this, there is a stigma attached to talking openly about menstruation, especially at work. Figures from charity Bloody Good Period show 89% of female employees…
Alstom Employee Scoops Top Heart of Gold Award
The Wellbeing Champion Award was presented by iconic music producer and Railway Benefit Fund President Pete Waterman Award was sponsored by Health Cash Plan provider Health Shield Friendly Society Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains…
BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) UK awarded Menopause Friendly Accreditation
BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) UK – provider of sustainably tailored financial services – has been awarded with The Menopause Friendly Accreditation. With a strong emphasis on risk and regulatory management for corporate and institutional clients worldwide, BNP Paribas aims to…
Evenbreak appoint one of the top 100 most influential disabled people and passionate DEI champion Jamie Shields
London 8th December 2023, the world’s first disability job board run by disabled people for disabled people Evenbreak today announced they have appointed one of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK, Jamie Shields as an ambassador. Branding…
Aon study finds HR professionals believe DE&I policies drive performance, but support is lacking for neurodiverse employees
Aon’s 2023 HR Future Focus Survey shows that while DE&I is a focus of employers’ recruitment strategies, it needs to be embedded in retention Aon’s Neurotech® listening tool, Reflection, reveals that HR professionals do not believe organisations are actively supporting…
Global survey: UK employers are still not taking employee wellbeing seriously
6 out of 10 (61%) of employees do not regularly discuss their wellbeing with their manager And just over half (53%) say their employer does not invest in their overall wellbeing Of the 50% of UK respondents who have talked…
Modern Brits are resorting to parenting and working at the same time, due to the cost-of-living
Researchers polled home (and hybrid) working parents, and discovered as many as 87 percent now regularly look after their children while still trying to do their day job, with 85 percent even having to work in the same room as…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: How to support women in the workplace
Written by Emma Capper, UK Wellbeing Leader, Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing October is Breast Cancer Awareness[i] month and this year’s campaign is focusing on secondary breast cancer which Breast Cancer Now, a leading UK charity estimates 61,000 people in…