Department of Work and Pensions
Employee Benefits
Over 75% of employers and 60% of GPs are not aware of the new Fit for Work service, research for Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (Cigna UKHB) by YouGov has found.
03 June 2015
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1 min read
Income Protection
The government has accepted a recommendation to investigate the increase in the number of sick or disabled people sent by Work Capability Assessments (WCA) to a Support Group.
03 March 2015
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Employee Benefits
The number of people who were off work with long-term sickness fell by 12,000 in the October-December period 2014 compared with a year earlier.
18 February 2015
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1 min read
Income Protection
"Champions" for older workers to support them returning to work if they're unemployed has been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions.
23 December 2014
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Employee Benefits
The Access to Work (AtW) programme is helping only a minority of the disabled people it could benefit the Work and Pensions Select Committee has warned.
19 December 2014
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Long Term Care
The government has launched an online application system for the Carer's Allowance in a bid to make applications easier.
02 December 2014
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Income Protection
The government has announced pilot schemes to get more disabled people and people with long term medical conditions into employment.
28 November 2014
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2 min read
Employee Benefits
The NHS will offer help and support for workplace incentives to promote employee health and cut sickness-related unemployment.
23 October 2014
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Regulation
Flaws in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are so grave that simply re-branding the the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)) by appointing a new contractor will not solve the problem, the Work and Pensions Committee has said.
23 July 2014
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