Employee Assistance Programmes

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The vast majority of consumers are only prepared to pay less than £5 per week for income protection (IP) with almost a third not willing to pay anything, new research has revealed.

Poor workforce health accounts for more than a quarter reduction in productivity while presenteeism costs businesses three times more than sickness absence, Legal & General has found.

Stress is a bigger absence problem for businesses than acute medical conditions such as cancer, Group Risk Development (Grid) has found.

Paycare has launched a new healthcare benefit cash plan for employers to offer their staff.

Addressing employee stress is far more productive than agitating to sack unproductive workers, Canada Life has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said removing tax disincentives for employers to implement health and wellbeing strategies may be the "best way forward".

Half of British workers would not receive any support in returning to work from a long absence or do not know what help is available, according to new research.

Aviva is making the employee assistance programme (EAP) freely available on all its group income protection (GIP) schemes.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.