Employers can be required to fund private medical treatment as part of a reasonable adjustment to help staff return to work, a court has ruled.

Employers should keep in touch with their staff when they are off sick to support a quicker and easier return to work, experts say.

An employment tribunal has ruled that stopping the payment of sickness absence benefit once an employee turns 55 is age discrimination.

Ceridian has produced a mobile app version of its LifeWorks employee assistance programme (EAP) allowing staff to access the services on the move.

Professional staff are increasingly working more flexibly and remotely, according to poll of 4,000 businesses.

Benefits packages currently on offer to employees are not fit for purpose and are missing the mark in particular for younger workers, latest research shows.

Staff at Health Shield are supporting their financial director's battle with bowel cancer by taking part in a triathlon to raise funds for charity.

Friends Life has released its consumer segmentation tool to businesses in a bid to help them better understand and target their employees when delivering corporate benefits packages.

An employment appeals tribunal (EAT) judge has outlined how employers could develop a strategy to accommodate employees with disabilities that interact with other illnesses.

Employers are failing to tackle staff health issues despite the rapid growth in the proportion of older workers, a survey finds.