Workplace sickness
Employee Benefits
The average level of employee absence has fallen by a day to 6.6 days per employee in the last year, nearly a third report that rates have been affected by caring responsibilities, research has found.
06 October 2014
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2 min read
Income Protection
Unum has urged the government to improve take-up of income protection (IP) through four key steps including channels such as the Money Advice Service (MAS) raising awareness of sickness absence.
30 September 2014
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Employee Benefits
A report from The Work Foundation and Fit for Work UK is accusing employers of not doing enough to support people with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
08 September 2014
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2 min read
PMI
SME employees are at increased risk of ill health and burnout, according to a new poll by AXA PPP Healthcare.
11 August 2014
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3 min read
Employee Benefits
Reducing the working week to four days would help to combat work-related stress and the mental ill-health associated with overwork or lack of work, one of Britain's leading doctors says.
03 July 2014
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Marketing
The Disability Benefit Consortium has launched its 2014 Big Benefits Survey and is looking for input.
02 July 2014
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Employee Benefits
Auto-enrolment (AE) has prompted an increasing number of employers to overhaul their entire benefit offering, JLT Employee Benefits research reveals.
30 June 2014
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Employee Benefits
The right to request flexible working has been extended to all employees from today, where it was previously limited to just parents and carers.
30 June 2014
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Employee Benefits
Over a quarter (26%) of employees have called in sick to work when they weren't ill; according to research from Canada Life.
26 June 2014
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2 min read
Income Protection
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.
25 June 2014
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1 min read
