Provide Health Benefits to Enhance Employee Performance

•Healthcare Packages Can Help Employee Performance
Employers must evaluate the benefits of providing their workforce with healthcare benefits if they are serious about cutting long-term costs. Research by Aon Hewitt has revealed that a growing number of employers are looking to reduce the cost of their healthcare benefits during the current uncertain economic climate. Healthcare costs have risen by more than 50 per cent over the previous five years with the average British business now spending over £500 on health insurance packages...

•Encourage Employees to Improve Business Performance
Employee productivity levels are critical to an organisation's performance so it is important to understand how to motivate them. If your organisation has the appropriate resources to dedicate to developing the skills of your staff then you should put in place a training programme that will improve your employee's performance. Employees are motivated by different things and if you are unsure about which training will benefit your workforce and your organisation as a whole then you may need...

•Encourage Greater Employee Fitness to Save Money
Britain's businesses can save billions of pounds by improving the health and wellbeing of their employees. Research by Bupa revealed that UK businesses are losing nearly £3 billion every year through poor employee health and this cost can be dramatically reduced if workers are encouraged to enhance their wellbeing. The private health provider discovered that employee health factors, such as whether they smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol regularly or were obese, had a significant impact on...

•Encourage Employees to Improve Performance
Performance improvement has never been more important so it is crucial to get the best out of your employees. Encouraging your employees to produce premium results can be difficult and many organisations employ the services of performance improvement consulting professionals to help them enhance business processes and staff morale. Performance improvement consultants will have the appropriate hands-on experience to enable an organisation to deliver first-rate results in an ever increasingly...

•Record Sickness Absence to Improve Performance
Organisations of all sizes must remember to record sickness absence if they want to improve business performance. Research by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed that a significant number of organisations did not have any system in place for recording sickness absence and this approach was adversely affecting productivity. Larger employers were most likely to record instances of absence and also pay their staff sick leave when compared with medium and small-sized...

•Effective Management of Employee Health Can Improve Business Performance
Managing employee health in an effective and efficient manner can help improve business performance. Research by Aviva revealed that many of Britain's bosses are still unsure of how to manage the return of employees who are absent due to long-term sickness such as cancer and other complex conditions. The health insurer and provider discovered that while the wellbeing of employees was the central concern for the majority of managers; there were a number of consequences of long-term absence...

•Outstanding Call Centre Staff Can Improve Customer Service
Enhancing the performance of your contact centre workforce is essential to improving customer service. Many companies rely on the expertise of their call centre employees especially when they are in industries where there is a minimal amount of face-to-face consumer interaction so making certain that they are working to full capacity if vital. A contact centre workforce is entrusted with ensuring the reputation of their company and how they perform when dealing with consumers has a...

•Flexible Working Can Improve Employee Performance
Giving employees the ability to work from home is likely to benefit British businesses in the long-term. Research by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) revealed that over a third of workers would appreciate the chance to work from home but the overwhelming majority do not have this opportunity. Under the current system employers must provide flexible working opportunities to workers with children aged under 17 or disabled children under 18 years of age while staff who...

•Greater Work Life Balance Will Enhance Employee Performance
Business managers can enhance their employee's performance by ensuring they enjoy a healthy work-life balance. Research by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) revealed that managers should positively endorse policies which enable employee's to benefit from a greater work-life balance in order to improve productivity. Progressive practices such as flexible working hours, home working and the provision of childcare can all improve an employee's work-life balance but...

•Encourage Employee Exercise To Increase Productivity
Employers may want to encourage their staff to exercise during work as it has been proven to improve productivity. Research by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm revealed that reducing the number of work hours performed by employees in favour of exercise resulted in increased levels of productivity. An employer that introduced a mandatory exercise programme during working hours saw a significant increase in their employee's performance coupled with a fall in instances of...