Over a third (35%) of those whose work is mainly or solely office based spend less than an hour on physical exercise a week, with 9% doing none, a survey by Age UK and Bupa has found.
The Fit for Work (FfW) service has fully rolled-out across Wales and is also active in much of England.
The body which develops clinical guidelines for the NHS has published guidance to support employers in creating healthy workplaces which will boost productivity.
F&TRC's Kirsty Tanner asks whether advisers should be doing more to ensure the value and quality of supplementary benefits in income protection (IP.)
Almost a third (31%) of dentists listed as accepting new NHS patients by NHS Choices are not, research by Which? has found.
More companies are reporting an increase in long-term absence, with two fifths seeing a rise, and a fifth seeing a fall, the largest increase in five years, a report has found.
Addressing mental health is still a massive challenge for the vast majority of employers.
Centralisation at multinationals is not being reflected in their employee benefits offerings, with local stakeholders still dominating decision making, a survey for Aon has found.
Over 75% of employers and 60% of GPs are not aware of the new Fit for Work service, research for Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (Cigna UKHB) by YouGov has found.
Health Assured, part of Peninsula Business Services Group, has acquired Capita's employee assistance programme business, formerly called First Assist.