Employee Assistance Programmes

A national physiotherapy network aimed at insurers, solicitors, employers and occupational health professionals has been launched to maximise clinical outcomes for injured parties.

Think-tank Demos has called on bosses to offer employees income protection (IP) schemes this Christmas to boost morale and productivity.

Employers need advice on prevention of mental health issues to sit alongside group cover, a group risk industry body said at an Association of British Insurer (ABI) briefing this morning.

Benefits packages and employee assistance programmes will be crucial given the reported lack of HR workplace guidance, Canada Life has warned.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and care services minister Paul Burstow have called on upon employers to take steps to improve the mental health of their staff and to treat it the same as other health problems.

Aria Assistance, formed after the management buyout of Europ Assistance UK & Ireland, is fulfilling its commitment to providing occupational health services with the acquisition of Premier Occupational Healthcare (POHC).

More than half (51%) of UK workers have suffered from back pain in the last 12 months with one in five needing time off work as a result, research finds.

Lack of priority within the NHS represents an opportunity for the private healthcare sector the UK Rehabilitation Council has said.

The prolonged downward trend in employee absence rates has plateaued with long term sickness increasing, new research finds.

As the first of a series of improvements, Universal Provident (UP) has added a employee assistance programme (EAP) and a care advisory service to its group PMI plan, Choices Corporate.