To support your employees physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing.
Awareness
What are the health issues that are affecting your employees and what can your business do to support them.
Understanding
How Ink can support businesses with the right products for specific workforces.
Communication
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Useful Articles
Mental Health at Work
Our clients occasionally ask us what ‘good’ mental health support might look like in the workplace. There’s very little that employers can do to affect the external influencers on mental health, but there are certainly some good (and easy) steps that you can take to build a working culture that cultivates wellbeing.
A useful place to begin is the CIPD Mental Health at Work commitment that is made up of a framework of six standards.
Women’s Health at Work
We shouldn’t be shy about it. The health of the women in your business matters, and we need to talk about it. There may have been generous improvements in statutory provisions for family leave, but when it comes to practical responses to the physical, psychological and emotional challenges that women face, simply as features of being women … well, we still have a little way to go.
Employers that recognise and respond to the distinct challenges of women’s health will inevitably get a competitive edge, retaining talent, knowledge and skills and reducing the cost of employee turnover.
Financial Wellbeing
There’s no denying that times are tough financially for many people. Interest rates remain high and this is having a huge impact on mortgages and debt repayments.
There are ways in which employers can support their staff with their financial wellbeing. This includes access to online services such as MyEva and Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) that offer confidential and 24/7 support.
FAQs
Health and Wellbeing FAQs
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There is only one benefit that is a legal requirement, a Workplace Pension. Beyond that you have significant freedom and choice. A lot depends on the type of roles you have and people you employ, also your budget, your competitive environment and your understanding of what staff might value.
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Not necessarily. You can have different benefits for different groups and job levels, but you must ensure there is no discrimination. You need to consider the different types of employee you have in your organisation, and ideal create a mix of benefits that suits as many people as possible.
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It depends. Some benefits attract a Benefits in Kind liability, others do not. As a general rule, the premiums for healthcare related benefits are taxable (Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plans etc.), whereas the premiums for other insurances are not. Some benefits are very tax efficient, such as Workplace Pensions, the Ride to Work scheme and Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) as they attract both Income Tax and National Insurance relief.