Regulation

A new health and work assessment and advisory service is to be set up to encourage employers to fund around 110,000 health-related interventions, following the Budget's news of health intervention tax relief.

The Chancellor's indication that companies will get a targeted tax relief tax help with sickness related employee benefits has been welcomed.

Jelf Employee benefits had urged government to listen to what employers need before making employee benefits tax-relief decisions.

The ageing workforce is creating absence management issues for employers unaware of an exemption which can keep overall protection costs down, Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.

The government has pledged to form a new state-funded service which will carry out an independent assessment of employees after four weeks of sickness absence.

Employers will have up to a fortnight to report payments of certain benefits and expenses under revised real time information proposals, according to HM Revenue and Customs proposals.

Bupa is calling on government to remove current taxes that are stunting workplace health and support provision.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries is signing contracts with a big-name provider to bring it on board as its first provider member.

The UK should follow America and use tax breaks as a tool to encourage employers to provide staff with financial education, a US government adviser suggests.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) will be lobbying to government for P11D reform with the support of Biba later this year.