Employers believe greater transparency is required from private medical treatment providers - a view echoed by consumers.

Ros Altmann is taking on the government's new role as business champion for older workers.

The government must take the lead in tackling mental health related sickness absence and lost productivity, an influential commission argues.

GPs could be given incentives to encourage them to refer employees to the Health and Work Service (HWS), but may lose the responsibility of issuing fit notes.

Multinational companies are still at the early stages of developing their global benefits strategy and management approach.

Employees who have died with outstanding holiday allowance should be paid this after their death, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules.

Almost three-quarters of employees would remain at their current employer if they were offered a good benefits package, research reveals.

The majority of defined contribution (DC) savers plan to take their pension pot as cash once restrictions are removed, according to Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions (C&ES).

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut the number of employees its new Health and Work Service (HWS) will be able to support back to work by more than a third.

Private medical insurers (PMIs) are promising to pass on any savings made from the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) final remedies for the private healthcare market to customers.