Tag Archives: wellbeing

Myth: Contacting absent employees is harrassment

December 23, 2020 Absence management, Blog, absence management, absence myths, best practice, happy workplaces, management, mythbusting, wellbeing, Inka

It is commonplace to think that if your employees are off sick, you should not ‘bug’ them with what could feel like ‘intrusive’ phone calls or e-mails. Some even think that it could be classed as harassment to keep in regular contact with a sick employee. This is a myth. Continue reading →

Absence management more essential work than ever

July 31, 2020 Absence management, Blog, Top Story, absence management, absence policy, absence prevention, best practice, healthy attendance, management, UK government, wellbeing, Inka

Do you struggle to record who on your payroll is isolating, shielding, furloughed or recently reported possible Covid-19 symptoms? Are you tired of keeping your teams updated with ever-changing public health advice? Is your company balancing the tightrope between safeguarding staff whilst staying in business? If so, you are definitely not alone. The good news is that a robust absence management system can help make these tasks easier. Below are a few points to illustrate why absence management is essential work in the era of Coronavirus, especially for those employing essential workers. Continue reading →

Strategy to reduce sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders at Royal Mail

March 13, 2018 Absence management, Blog, Top Story, Health and Wellbeing @Work, musculoskeletal issues, wellbeing, Inka

At the recent Health and Wellbeing @Work conference in Birmingham, Royal Mail’s Lead Ergonomist, Corinne Parsons, presented how they had planned their strategy for reducing absence due to musculoskeletal disorders. As background information Ms. Parsons highlighted that the main long-term sickness absence causes at Royal Mail are mental health (20%), musculoskeletal disorders (23%), and injury (23%). Furthermore, they have an ageing workforce and their workforce is 85% male. Continue reading →

What is employee wellbeing and how to get started?

November 9, 2017 Blog, Top Story, improve productivity, wellbeing, Inka

Wellbeing is more than an avoidance of becoming physically sick. It represents a broader construct that includes physical, mental and social health. Employers play a key role in how employees feel at work and this will have a direct correlation on how well they perform. Continue reading →

How to make it work with Wellbeing Champions

April 21, 2016 Absence management, Blog, Top Story, healthy attendance, how to, innovation, reducing absence, wellbeing, Inka

Wellbeing champions are employees, who choose or are chosen to focus on improving the wellbeing of their fellow colleagues as part of the company wellbeing initiatives. Continue reading →

Employee Wellbeing is worth investing in!

April 19, 2016 Absence management, Blog, Tips, cost of absence, healthy attendance, productivity, reducing absence, wellbeing, Inka

Employee wellbeing is not just a nice company value but it can become an important factor in productivity. As Susan Silcox outlines in her report published by XpertHR, poor wellbeing has many detrimental consequences to the business. Continue reading →

How to get started with your wellbeing programme

March 29, 2016 Blog, Tips, Top Story, absence prevention, how to, wellbeing, Inka

Many companies find it hard to get started with wellbeing. More and more organisations are becoming aware of the benefits of having an in-house wellbeing programme but aren’t quite sure how to go about implementing one. After listening in on some interesting talks at the Health and Wellbeing @ Work 2016 exhibition this year, combined with working with wellbeing for some of our clients for years, here are our thoughts. Continue reading →

New hire health screening

November 24, 2015 Absence management, Blog, Top Story, absence prevention, fitness to work, new hire health screening, occupational health, wellbeing, Inka

Absencehub’s creators, Honeydew Health, also work on another software product in their spare time. Whilst Absencehub and Engage are all about planned and unplanned absence, our Case Management portal, Resolve, steps in when Occupational Health interventions are needed. We recently launched a new and improved tool for completing new hire health screening. Continue reading →

Employers should do more for employee health

September 1, 2015 Absence management, Blog, health, presenteeism, pulling sickies, surveys and research, wellbeing, Inka

A survey of over 2000 UK full and part-time workers, commissioned by One4all workplace benefits company, found that employers should be doing more to help employees stay healthier – and that such efforts would be welcomed by the majority of employees. Continue reading →

You better sit down to read this

July 21, 2015 Blog, Top Story, fitness, health, smoking, wellbeing, Inka

Last week I was speaking to a friend who is a keen technophile. He has an iPhone, naturally, and an Apple Watch to go with it and of course he uses the Activity app. We had just finished a bicycle ride and he was very pleased to see that all his fitness goals for the day had been reached – apart from the 12 hours of standing. I’ve heard about how “sitting is the new smoking”, as I’m sure everyone has by now, but this seemed a bit extreme. Continue reading →