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UK best equipped to combat long hours fatalities Published: 19 May 2021 A worrying parallel between excessive working hours and life-threatening physical health issues has been revealed, but the UK may be best suited to combating overworking. A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found working weeks exceeding 55 hours are associated with a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease than 35-40-hour weeks. The study has also calculated a total 745,000 people died in 2016 due to long hours. The Wester...

Many employers are not providing employee benefits that support the core needs of their workforce, according to a new survey by consultancy Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing.

Financial wellbeing support Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy at Howden says;   “The last 12 months has been a period of unprecedented health crisis and associated personal financial risks, and should act as a massive wake-up call to employers in all sectors to revisit their core employee benefits to ensure that they provide adequate protections and reassurance to all workers and their families when the need arises.” Howden points out that employers and employees might have to live with the longer term impact of COVID-19, and possibly other epidemics too.  Herbert continued; �...

Employees with asthma need more support Published: 19 Feb 2021 Employees with uncontrolled asthma earn around £3,000 less per year than the average adult due to limited work opportunities. In a new report by think tank Demos which looks at the financial cost of long-term disability and illness, uncontrolled asthma cost the UK economy £200 million every year due to employers having to take time off work.  The report, Potential Limited: The economic cost of uncontrolled asthma, defined uncontrolled asthma as asthma that is not sufficiently c...

A CLASS of Year 5 children at St George’s C of E Primary School in Barrow have been awarded Blue Peter music badges. All 28 pupils in the class will receive the special badge for showing particular talent and enthusiasm for music, with some being delivered via post to the children’s homes this week. Prior to the national lockdown, the class worked on music projects. This included composing their own music, writing lyrics and performing for their school and community. Some of the class took part in the ‘Young Voices’ children’s choir concert at the Manchester Arena, with ot...