Employees have three months to return to work under the new Fit for Work (FfW) service or they will be discharged from the programme, the government has announced.
The Access to Work (AtW) programme is helping only a minority of the disabled people it could benefit the Work and Pensions Select Committee has warned.
Figures from the group risk industry have welcomed the launch of the government's flagship Fit for Work service which provides a basic set of back-to-work services for employers to tackle absenteeism.
The Fit for Work (FfW) service has officially launched today.
Nearly 15% of employees are unaware what pension and insurance benefits their employer provides, a survey by Friends Life has found.
Employers are offering no health or wellbeing benefits for 40% of their employees, a survey by Bupa has found.
Employers are facing communication challenges when implementing flexible benefit schemes, a survey by Aon has found.
Jelf Employee Benefits has launched a new employee benefits hub, Personify, in partnership with SBC Systems UK.
Premier Choice Group (PCG), the health and protection intermediary, was called in by Thirteen Group, the North East housing management company to offer health insurance advice and protection products to its employees.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg plans to ramp up efforts to tackle mental health discrimination and improve services by setting up and chairing a cross-government taskforce.