Employee Benefits

Three quarters of workers are worried that work will spoil their Christmas, a survey has found.

Price has proven to be the bigger factor over benefits when selling cash plans, advisers have said.

Think-tank Demos has called on bosses to offer employees income protection (IP) schemes this Christmas to boost morale and productivity.

People absent from work because of illness are more likely to report a mental health condition than those at work, according to DWP statistics.

Employers are failing to make the most of the options available to them when it comes to healthcare for their staff, yet still say price is their premium concern.

Employers have been up spending on benefits in spite of auto-enrolment costs, Group Risk Development (GRiD) has reported.

Dental, optical care and physiotherapy are the most popular health cash plan benefits across the UK, Health Shield has revealed.

Whilst soft markets for Group Life, and Death in Service Pensions are ending, the trend for Group IP is towards reducing premiums although the Group Critical Illness market continues to grow, according to Canada life.

The government will ask the Office of Tax Simplification to conduct a review of ways to simplify the taxation of employee benefits.

PR and communications agency Lansons Communications is launching an employee engagement service.