Employee Benefits

Too few UK businesses are measuring the impact of their workplace wellness strategies on business and employees, a Buck Consultants survey reveals.

The Frost/Black review addressing long-term sickness absence can help drive UK growth, but SMEs are core, says John Letizia.

Well thought-out health and wellbeing strategies are lowering employee turnover, reducing sickness absence and improving productivity, a Simplyhealth white paper has shown.

The Chancellor's announcement of some tax relief on health-related interventions is welcome. But, at the same time, it also feel likes a missed opportunity.

Delivering his Budget to a rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor promised tax breaks for the workplace and brought forward a lower care cap of £72,000 to 2016.

The Chancellor's indication that companies will get a targeted tax relief tax help with sickness related employee benefits has been welcomed.

George Osborne may get a few more heckles during his Budget in light of unemployment data out today, a recruitment firm has said.

Childcare vouchers could be reprieved with an increased cap limit as part of an apparent government u-turn in this week's Budget, according to reports.

Employers and occupational health therapists must play a key role in ensuring that the older working age population is empowered to work later by implementing workplace interventions and promoting work ability, new research says.

The whole auto-enrolment piece has been structured without the intermediary in mind, despite a clear function for advisers in communicating the message, Capita said at the Employee Benefits Connect 2013 conference today.