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Researcg found that 45 per cent of UK companies have a clearly-defined wellbeing strategy in place, compared to less than a third in 2016 – and 26 per cent have had a strategy for more than three years. Of those that don’t, virtually all plan or wish to implement one – with 46 per cent planning on implementing one this year, 24 per cent in the next few years and a quarter having it on their ‘wish list’.

There’s a contract dispute afoot in the Nutmeg State. Cable company Optimum has been unable to reach a retransmission agreement with the Hartford CBS affiliate, and as a result, thousands of Connecticut residents are left without access to the news and shows they’re paying for but can’t watch. It’s an irritatingly common story, but this time there’s a wrinkle: The cable company is still directing its customers to watch the network… they just want subscribers to do it online, instead.

Two in three SME leaders agree that their early hires were critical to the growth of their business. Yet, less than half believe employee health and wellbeing will be a key consideration in their future growth strategy. With employees playing such a crucial role in helping SMEs to succeed from the start, Bupa is calling for businesses to recognise the impact of a healthy workforce on the growth and sustainable future of their companies.

Here, David Elliott, Board Member of the UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association (www.eapa.org.uk) outlines some of the options. There is a fine line in your organisation’s evolution from being a micro business to becoming one that’s employing a growing team. And if this sounds like you, when do you need to start thinking about wellbeing? What are the issues that you need to think about first and what are some of the solutions that could work for you?

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Angus Deaton: Inequalities in Income, Health, and Wellbeing | The Incidental Economist:

These findings come from a YouGov survey for Croner which reveals some sharp disparities in people’s views and experience in relation to the health and wellbeing aspects of health and safety. Most people accept that preventing ill health in the workplace is the joint responsibility of employer and employee. In the survey, just over six out of ten agree it should be shared equally. But a sizeable minority see the employer as mainly responsible.