Collective Benefits partners on MSK treatment for gig economy workers

With EQL

John Brazier
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Independent economy workers to be provided access to musculoskeletal (MSK) treatment service, Phio.

Employee benefits platform provider, Collective Benefits has partnered with healthtech specialist EQL to offer gig economy workers access to treatment for MSK conditions, such as back and joint pain. According to research from Collective Benefits, around one-third (34%) of gig economy workers cite back pain as their number one health concern, closely followed by mental health (31%). The partnership will offer many of the 200,000 independent workers on Collective's platform end-to-end MSK healthcare support with access to digital triage support tool Phio Access which will enable worker...

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