Sarah Perkins is healthy living manager UK at American Express. Her wellbeing initiative won an HR Excellence Award in 2012, and she says metrics have been central to its success.

Your company may have a health and wellbeing strategy in place – but is it really working? Making sure employees are happy, healthy and more engaged in their wellbeing boosts productivity – and saves...

Disputes in the workplace are only natural, but what happens when they escalate into something more?

Why is health and wellbeing so important for productivity in the workplace? And what does it mean for a company’s bottom line? KATIE JACOBS explains all, with a look at the whats, whys and hows of...

According to research by healthcare specialist Bupa, out of the companies that offer health insurance to their staff, only three in five (59%) make it available to all employees; the others are put...

It’s the curse of health and wellbeing that it can often be seen as fluffy, rather than a strategic business imperative. And this means it can be tricky to get buy-in from the top, or any hard cash...

“One of the main barriers to getting CEO buy-in is budget,” says Charles Alberts, senior employee healthcare and benefits consultant at employee benefits company Lorica. “So, the less you are planning...

It’s likely many of your employees made a new year’s resolution to give up smoking/drinking/eating junk food/being lazy. It’s equally likely many of them have fallen off the wagon between then and...

If you work in a multinational, you probably already have, or recognise the need for, a company-wide wellbeing strategy.

Creating positive behaviour in staff has a great impact on productivity.

Most employees spend the vast majority of their time in the workplace – but the wrong kind of environment could be damaging their health.

Measuring the return on investment of health and wellbeing schemes can be a major stumbling block for HR departments, especially when dealing with intractable senior board members who need to see...