Employee Benefits

Employee benefits as an intervention to address sickness absence will not work alone if employers do not focus on suitable job design for their employees, an expert in workplace health has warned.

Businesses who do not tap into Britain's growing older population could suffer skills shortages and lose an important competitive edge, according to a new guide released by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Over four in five employers (82%) now pro-actively record, monitor and manage absence, according to Group Risk Development (GRiD).

Workplace health initiatives, specifically for mental health, should be treated as part of a firms operational risk profile not as separate a health issue, according to behavioural psychologists.

The insurance industry needs to build packages that are more accessible to lower earners and smaller workers to help bring rising sickness absences down, Dame Carol Black has said.

Work is a "fantastic place" to help support public health issues and it is "ridiculous" for government to be expected to singularly tackle these problems, Dame Carol Black has said.

Jelf Employee Benefits is advising the Federation of Small Businesses on PMI options following a new three-year deal.

It is no secret that protection is on the minds of most - if not all - existing retail investment platforms. And the first to come to the fore was Nucleus, with its new investment-linked life assurance proposition.

Legal and General has added a face-to-face counselling service to its group income protection (group IP) proposition in a bid to further tackle stress management.

Employers and their staff could face more questions and demands for greater workforce information from insurers when taking out new policies or schemes in light of the new Consumer Insurance Act, insurers are warning.