Category: Work life balance | Your Employee Wellbeing

Top 8 eco-resolutions

Written on 6th January 2021. Posted in Blogs, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Working Parents.

Your Top 8 Eco-Resolutions for 2021 Has Lockdown 3.0 put your normal personal new year resolutions on hold? We take a look at eight ways you can do your bit to help save the planet. In 2019 the world stopped and took notice of Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. Her eco-activism inspired school strikes and high-profile meetings with world leaders. While...

The importance of flexible working for wellbeing

Written on 5th January 2021. Posted in Blogs, Flexible Working, Wellbeing, Work life balance.

The importance of flexible working for wellbeing At Working Families—the UK’s work-life balance charity—we have seen first-hand the huge impact that COVID-19 has had on working parents and carers. As the pandemic unfolded, we were inundated by queries from working parents and carers urgently seeking our help as they struggled to remain in work and...

What’s so great about flexible women?

Written on 24th November 2020. Posted in Blogs, Career, Gender equality, Work life balance, Working Mum.

What’s so great about flexible women? Of course, we aren’t talking about whether or not your staff can touch their toes or backflip across the office. The issue of flexible working has been at the forefront of work discussions for nine months now. Pushed there by the grim reality of COVID-19 we admit, but we’ll take that and we’re running with it! We’ve...

Men’s health and wellbeing

Written on 20th November 2020. Posted in Blogs, Men's health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Working Dad.

Men’s health and wellbeing Poor mental health is something every person may have to deal with, regardless of age, gender, sex or other. However, it is time to talk about men’s mental health more often. Men go through many of the same struggles that any other human may go through, especially when it comes to the balance of being a great parent...

A dad’s experience of lockdown

Written on 26th August 2020. Posted in Blogs, Family, Parenting, Work life balance, Working Dad, Working Families.

A dad’s experience of lockdown Statistically, mothers have been more affected by children not being in school, lack of childcare and generally ‘keeping house’ during lockdown. How did the dads cope? We haven’t heard much in the press, so we thought we’d ask a few. Here is first of two articles by Joe Young (aka www.dadonspl.co.uk). ...

7 tips to more productive working from home

Written on 31st July 2020. Posted in Blogs, Work life balance, Working Dad, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

Seven tips to help you stay on task while you’re working from home Work from home they said, it would be fun they said. Working from home has become the new normal as a result of COVID-19, but more than four months in are all employees enjoying it and remaining focused and productive? Until now, many people have been working from home whilst juggling...

What employee benefits people actually want

Written on 1st July 2020. Posted in Blogs, Work life balance, Working Parents.

What employee benefits people actually want Employee benefits are a vital aspect of attracting and retaining staff, so it is not surprising that companies will want to focus on the benefits they can offer to employees. Employees come in all shapes and sizes, including single professionals, one-half of couples, or those who have or intend to have...

Parenting and beyond during Covid-19 times

Written on 17th June 2020. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Work life balance, Work Life Integration, Working from home, Working Parents.

Parenting and beyond during Covid-19 times Admittedly, the majority of parents have felt a LOT of pressure these last few months. The uncertainty of schools reopening, quarantines, job losses or changes, inability to plan, cancellations of trips, difficulties in organising family life and socialising or seeing dear ones has been very challenging....

What kind of employer do you think you are?

Written on 1st June 2020. Posted in Benefits and Rewards, Blogs, Corporate benefits, Work life balance, Working Families, Working Parents.

What do you think you are? This is not a deep philosophical catechism designed to get you soul searching but rather a simple direct question aimed at businesses. What do you think you are? What kind of employer do you aspire to be? It is not without a sense of irony that these questions sound parental (akin to a parent quizzing a teenager) because...

1950’s called and want their gender stereotypes back please

Written on 11th May 2020. Posted in Blogs, Gender equality, Work life balance, Work Life Integration, Working Dad, Working Families, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

The 1950’s called and they want their gender stereotypes back please COVID-19 has exposed many things that is making all of us rethink the way in which we live and work. One key aspect that COVID has exposed is the impact it’s having on different groups, according to their protected characteristics. It’s fair to say that women and...