Three in five SMEs focusing on health and wellbeing benefits for staff

Research carried out in October last year found that three in five (60%) of small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) acknowledge that providing health and wellbeing benefits has a high impact on supporting the productivity of their company.  This percentage rises to 69% among medium-size businesses, whilst 22% of SMEs rated having health and wellbeing benefits as being critical for ensuring high productivity.  However, only one in five (20%) indicated an awareness of a legal requirement to provide information on benefits to new employees by their first day of work.                    Char...