Income Protection

Ellipse has welcomed Dame Carol Black's pledge to press government for the removal of tax hurdles that prevent companies taking out employee health and absence management services.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are the most dissatisfied with their service from the Job Centre, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Living on state benefits would require significant lifestyle changes for those found too sick to work compared to being employed, a team of bloggers has found.

More than 11,000 benefit sanctions were imposed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants between June last year and the end of May.

Fifty charities have hit out at the government for using ‘dangerously misleading' benefit claims statistics that are contributing to hatred towards disabled people.

Only a quarter (24%) of people applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are found sick or disabled enough to be awarded the benefit, according to latest government statistics.

Legal & General has revealed it paid £31.3m in group income protection (GIP) claims last year with 60% of people returning to work in less than six months.

Nearly a quarter of employees feel a major impact when colleagues are absent, Aviva UK Health research has shown.

Employers should make changes to their group income protection policies following the abolition of the default retirement age and increases in state pension ages, Legal & General is to warn.

Unum is challenging six UK bloggers to live on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for one week to highlight the importance of workers protecting their income.