Workplace sickness

CEOs find three key barriers to involving themselves in the employee engagement process, research from Engage for Success reveals.

Cycling could halve workplace sickness and inject £13.7bn annually into British businesses in productivity, new research has revealed.

Employee benefits must be overhauled as they have failed to adapt to a changing workforce leaving workers financially exposed, a report has urged.

Employers closing Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes should revisit their sickness provision to avoid a costly ‘protection gap', warns Group Risk Development (GRiD.)

Employers are keen to see a switch in focus from fixed to variable pay, while also shifting the split between pay and benefits towards the greater use of benefits.

Victims of asbestos-related cancer in the workplace will receive increased financial support and benefit from a simpler claims process under a new Bill introduced by the government.

The vast majority of GPs believe that helping patients to stay in or return to work is an important part of their role.

Nearly all UK employees will go to work when they are sick, Canada life has found.

Best Doctors is considering branching out into wellness, occupational health and potentially general insurance.

A staggering 8% of all cancer deaths in Britain are a result of exposure to carcinogens in the workplace, research from the Imperial College London has revealed.