Relevant life policies can offer advisers an excellent path into the company protection arena. But how do they work? Jerry Bayman explains.
The Department for Work and Pensions and the Local Government Association have named fifteen local authorities in England recommended as potential pilot sites for Universal Credit.
British workers are becoming more stressed and finding it difficult to leave their work in the office - even checking email on holiday, according to research.
The Northern Ireland office lost an average of 10.3 working days per person in 2012, almost ten times the number lost in the Scottish Office, government statistics show.
Although some areas are beginning to stabilise the cost of providing employee medical benefits continues to escalate at double-digit levels globally, according to a new survey from Towers Watson.
Two-thirds of employers offer no tailored retirement support to their older workers Aviva has found.
Almost three-quarters of group income protection claimants were returned to work within the deferred period last year, according to figures from Legal and General.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a free stress management tool, developed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), designed to help equip managers with the skills to prevent stress in staff.
Return on benefit spend has been described as one of the most elusive goals for HR departments, but finding ways to even assess the evidence and measure results can present real problems. Seán Flynn investigates