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Why isn't wellbeing a boardroom issue?

Research conducted by HR magazine reveals worrying trends in businesses’ attitude to wellbeing. Why isn’t it being taken seriously as a boardroom issue?

Exercise helps staff deal with stress, says Thomsons Online Benefits MD

Helping staff to stay fit can help when they are faced with stressful situations and even aid customer experience, according to Thomsons Online Benefits managing director Chris Bruce.

HR guide to building a robust business case for employee wellbeing

A healthy, energised and high performing workplace is vital to success in a competitive world, so why isn't wellbeing viewed as a boardroom issue?

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Using wellbeing as an engagement tool

Managing a hospitality business worth £80 million, I know only too well the importance of staff engagement. My philosophy is that to get the very best service for my clients and consumers, as well as...

Presenteeism

Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University, says that presenteeism (coming to work while unhealthy or working unnecessarily long hours) may be as bad for...

Link wellbeing with engagement to ease business buy-in, says report

HR directors should explicitly link wellbeing with employee engagement in order to drive performance and convince leaders of the need to invest in both, a report from the Engage for Success movement...

‘Infobesity’ causes distraction and stress at work, says Microsoft expert

An overload of information is causing British office workers to feel increasingly distracted at work and home, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by Microsoft.

Employee engagement closely tied to health and wellbeing

Most employers know that an engaged workforce is more likely to be a more productive one, but less acknowledged is the link between engagement and the health and wellbeing of staff.

Disengaged employees and poor health cost UK economy £6 billion

Disengaged and unwell employees cost the UK economy £6 billion in 2012, according to a major new report out today.

UK employees are "under pressure", "under valued" and "lack support", says Wellness survey

The working population of the UK is under pressure, under valued and isn't being given adequate support by their employers, according to the 2013 Wellness at Work Survey.

It's official: work makes people happy, says ONS

The UK’s first national subjective wellbeing report published this week highlights the positive effect of having a job on people’s ‘happiness’.

Staff in the UK are amongst the world's happiest, despite low ONS satisfaction scores

Even though the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found work provided the lowest satisfaction scores in the UK Government’s ‘Happiness Index’, British staff are among the world’s happiest. Dutch...