Abandoning the default retirement age was ‘crass and stupid' and has left a ‘huge potential timebomb for UK businesses', according to employment experts.

Now Pensions has teamed-up with Ellipse to offer life insurance as an optional part of its auto-enrolment solution.

Medicash has introduced an employee assistance programme to its corporate paid cash plans.

A quarter of businesses with more than 1,000 staff review their benefits offering less frequently than every two years, or even never at all, research reveals.

A third of those employees without a workplace arranged dental plan would like access to one, a survey finds.

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

British businesses appear split down the middle on their knowledge of group income protection, research finds.

Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions has added a specialist small business team to its employee benefits unit.

Three-quarters of employees suffering with stress related problems are able to return to work within six months, according to Legal & General data.

Simplyhealth has completed its purchase of fellow health insurer Groupama Healthcare and revealed it will release a new private medical insurance product in the autumn.