Employee Benefits
National Insurance should be invested into wellness
Employers are not doing enough to support employees mental and physical health as NHS struggles, research by Westfield Health has found
Only 40% of UK workers happy with workplace benefits
However 61% of employers believe employees are satisfied by benefits packages
Equipsme adds Clear Insurance Management
Independent broker joins insuretech start-up distribution panel for healthcare and employee benefits
Over three million employees juggling care with work
Flexible working options supported by most employee benefit consultants, while just under half are for paid short-term leave benefits
77% of employees more productive due to flexible working
Employees working from home less stressed than in cubicles or open plan offices
Richard Walsh: Sick pay vs group income protection
Potential changes to workplace sick pay entitlement could provide a group income protection opportunity for advisers
Lockton's Mike Tyler steps aside for two new UK benefits leaders
Benefits pioneer to retire from full-time employment
Auto-enrolment: Five fascinating facts as minimum contributions rise
In celebration of a raise in minimum auto-enrolment pension contributions, here are five of the most interesting facts about automatic enrolment (AE)
Barriers exist despite better workplace mental health support
Confidentiality concerns, privacy fears and letting family down all reasons employees do not reach out to employers for help, says RedArc
Alan Morahan: How can employers improve pension engagement?
With auto-enrolment pension contributions rising, Punter Southall Aspire's Alan Morahan looks into how employers can ensure employees don't opt out
The Health Insurance Group staff trained by Mind
Management team mentored by charity on mental wellbeing in the workplace
Employers and their obligations to alcoholic employees
Following Ant McPartlin's run in with the law and ITV's decision not to air Saturday Night Takeaway, wellbeing expert David Price considers an employer's duty of care to alcoholic employees
Three-in-five UK CEOs most concerned about employee mental health
84% of those without a corporate wellbeing programme plan to introduce one either within next 12 months or over next three years
Government confirms 'tougher' powers for TPR in DB white paper
'No systemic problem'
Poor company management damaging worker performance
Better deployment of group products and corporate benefit strategies could increase workplace productivity
Counselling improved mental health of 92% of EAP users
70% of EAP users needed help with mental health problems last year
Employers need clarity on government childcare voucher scheme
Government decision to keep salary sacrifice open for further six months causing HMRC confusion
US tech giant collabs paving the way for UK health insurance
Amazon, Apple and JPMorgan might be disrupting the US health insurance space, but UK insurers should see it as an opportunity
One in three employees take time off due to mental health
The majority of managers do not have suitable training
More women than men embracing wellbeing apps in the workplace
Despite initially snubbing the services, more females are using Earthmiles
41% of employers unprepared for new HMRC tax rules
Companies have one month to prepare for new regulations coming into force in April
Apple to open digital healthcare clinics for employees
AC Wellness service expected to start in spring 2018
Rising auto-enrolment contribution an employee benefits opportunity
Upcoming launch of higher employer and employee minimum contributions offers chance to highlight value of employee benefits to clients, research by MetLife UK has revealed
Employers should use EAPs to treat apprentices fairly
It is a legal requirement to ensure all employees are supported equally and utilising employee benefits is a recommended way to do so, GRiD has advised
