Employee welfare

To mark International Women’s Day, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is celebrating women in a male-dominated industry with a number of initiatives, including a menopause workplace programme, which has been shortlisted for ‘Best Women’s Health Initiative.’ The organisation is also running ...

The Mayor of London has called on the Government to begin a ‘wholesale’ review of workplace policies, across Government bodies, to ensure they are inclusive of and supportive to women at every stage of their careers. Sadiq Khan has called ...

EMCOR UK has signed up to the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant (EDAC) to support women affected by domestic abuse and to help them enter, remain in or re-enter the workplace. The programme is designed to create positive, long-term solutions by ...

Soft service provider, SBFM, has introduced a new financial wellness programme to better support its employees amidst the cost of living crisis. Bravo Benefits is an app-based programme, which will enable SBFM to help its employees meet their unique financial ...

Given the widescale adoption of hybrid working, how FMs manage wellbeing at work can no longer be focused solely on the physical office environment. Given this change in workplace work patterns, how can FMs adapt their approach to safeguard employee ...

The infrastructure services and engineering company has been awarded Beacon Status by EIDA (Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse) for its commitment to improving how employers take action on domestic abuse.  One in three women and one in six men will ...

Construction firm, Skanska UK, has announced that it is investing £1 million in cost-of-living support to its people. The investment will benefit around 1,300 members of the Skanska team with one-off payments of £750 to be made in November. Gregor ...

When sound becomes noise, it can have a serious impact on health, wellbeing and productivity. James Saunders, General Manager of Enfield Speciality Doors, explains how acoustic doors can be used to tackle this ‘forgotten pollutant’. During lockdown, one thing that ...

A new study into workplace recognition has found that unappreciated employees are twice as likely to experience poor mental health. The Employee Recognition Survey, conducted by virtual team building and virtual escape room specialists, Wildgoose, surveyed employees from 133 different UK companies. It asked ...

A new survey conducted by WTW (Willis Towers Watson) a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company has revealed only a third of employees (37 per cent) in the UK report having good emotional wellbeing. While around one in eight ...