Employers rising to the challenge on Long Covid support

Canada Life finds

John Brazier
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Research from Canada Life finds 93% of employees that suffered with Long Covid have received support from their employer

The survey, carried by Opinium out among over 2,000 UK adults, found that one in 20 people surveyed had received a positive test for Covid-19, of which 65% went on to experience symptoms associated with Long Covid.  The vast majority of respondents that work full-time who reported symptoms of Long Covid (93%), stated they had been offered support by their employer as they return to work. This support ranged from the ability to access virtual health and wellbeing services (37%), to work more flexibly (32%) and to reduce working hours (32%). John Kendall, Canada Life rehabilitation c...

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