Employee Benefits

The concept of wellbeing at work is not consistent across all European countries, yet country-specific differences should be acknowledged, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).

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.

Younger workers are more likely to fall into unhealthy habits at work while older workers are most prone to health problems resulting from work-related stress, research has found.

Capita Employee Benefits has launched a new health analysis tool which it claims can help to save an average of 20% in health and risk benefit spend.

Generali Employee Benefits has announced it will launch an EAP to its group income protection (GIP) customers while group life (GLA) customers will have access to a new bereavement counselling and probate helpline service.

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of financial services firms have increased salaries to offset the impending EU bonus cap in order to retain staff, research from Robert Half Financial Services has revealed.

Wesleyan Assurance Society has announced the acquisition of the Practice Plan Group, a provider of practice-branded dental membership plans.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced it is broadening its restricted advice proposition for advisers and their customers with the addition of group risk products.

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

The Office of Tax Simplification's has published an interim report as part of its review of employee benefits and expenses. Here is its list of 43 possible "quick wins" to reform the system.