Just 15% of HR professionals consider absence management to be a main concern, yet almost half (49%) admit managing absence poses a problem for their companies.
All companies will now have access to the Business in the Community (BITC) Workwell benchmark enabling them to publically report employee engagement and wellbeing.
More than 60% of employers have a workplace savings platform or intend to review them over the next two years, according to a new guide launched by The Platforum and Lang Cat.
The UK is a 'nation of stressed staff' - with people eating lunch at their desks, working overtime and through holidays and sickness, according to new research.
Ceridian has produced a mobile app version of its LifeWorks employee assistance programme (EAP) allowing staff to access the services on the move.
Stress levels among GPs have reached the highest peak since 1998, according to research commissioned by the Department of Health.
Employers need to improve their infrastructure and increase engagement in order to boost the take up of cycle to work schemes.
It has become the chief cause of long-term absence in the UK, but appropriate provision for mental health problems at work lags way behind. Keith Bushnell assesses how employers can limit absenteeism and reduce the strain on their insurance policies....
Professional staff are increasingly working more flexibly and remotely, according to poll of 4,000 businesses.
The corporate healthcare market is looking a bit peaky, but with a bit of goodwill it is sustainable, writes Elliott Hurst.