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How much is sickness really costing your business?
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The DocHQ ROI calculator could help to show you. Sickness costs money.  That much is known, but how far it affects a business is often vastly underestimated and calculating the true amount can be difficult.  DocHQ have created a calculator …

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7 Ways to Improve Employee Performance
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Businesses want to ensure that their team is engaged in their work, feeling satisfied, and performing at their personal best, whilst building their dream team. For those team members who seem to be lagging behind, what can a concerned manager …

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Encouraging or forcing?
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Wellness schemes are a positive influence but how can you ensure they succeed? We know that workplace wellness is key to having happy staff, healthy staff, and saving money. Employee sickness and presenteeism costs, on average over £1200 per employee …

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Reducing Staff Absence in the Non-Profit Sector
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A guide for Human Resources The Human Resources team is pivotal in any company in its role overseeing employee absence and well-being.  The sector of industry that the team is part of can greatly affect the different challenges which the …

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The Power of Conversation
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How having clear and open communication in the workplace can reduce stress Stress affects the body and mind causing symptoms such as headache, low mood, anxiety, lack of sleep, fatigue, and upset stomach, the effects of long-term stress include contributing to …

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Bullying… It’s not just for kids
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How to identify workplace bullying, and how civility can help change it all What do you see when you think of a bully? The big jock dude holding the nerd against a locker? Miss Trunchbull spinning children around by their pigtails? …

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Workplace Hygiene Tips
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Let’s look at how best to keep hygiene standards high within the workplace. It is especially important to reduce the spread of infection. One person gets sick in the office, and before you know it, the whole department is coughing …

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Pain in the back?
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How to support your employees and promote healthy back-care within the workplace. Back problems are the one of the most common forms of ill health disorders at work. With a few simple measures in place, it is possible to reduce …

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