Employee absence

Businesses looking at benefits to prevent employee absence

Employee Benefits

Businesses looking at benefits to prevent employee absence

63% measured the business impact

clock 01 July 2025 • 2 min read
Accident and illness absences impact 27% of adults

Income Protection

Accident and illness absences impact 27% of adults

Adults taking a month or more off work

clock 21 November 2024 • 1 min read
Half of parents have no protection to cover work absence

Individual Protection

Half of parents have no protection to cover work absence

MetLife research shows

clock 20 May 2024 • 1 min read
Third of employers struggle with health and wellbeing support affordability

Group Protection

Third of employers struggle with health and wellbeing support affordability

According to GRiD research

clock 15 August 2023 • 1 min read
Employers not offering enough support for injuries or new illness: GRiD

Employee Benefits

Employers not offering enough support for injuries or new illness: GRiD

Access to medical specialists is least offered benefit

clock 14 June 2023 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

A broker's role in the mental health agenda

Unum discusses five ways brokers play an important part in the workplace mental health agenda.

clock 13 October 2017 • 4 min read

PMI

Mental Health Awareness Week: Mental health absences almost as common as colds

Mental health is one of the top three reasons for employee absence (13%), after musculoskeletal conditions (48%) and general sickness, colds and bugs (15%); according to analysis of sick pay data from ECIS.

clock 11 May 2017 • 1 min read

PMI

Mental Health Awareness Week: Mind's Emma Mamo confirmed for COVER wellbeing webinar

COVER magazine is hosting a live webinar titled Improving health and wellbeing in the workplace in association with Bupa on the 10th of May 2017.

clock 05 May 2017 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

Unum publishes second Return to Work statement

Unum has published its second annual Return to Work statement showing that 1040 people with serious health problems got back to work with Unum's Group Income Protection Return to Work service last year.

clock 13 April 2017 • 3 min read

Individual Protection

Why health is worth more than one opinion

Gruelling schedules can take their toll on high level individuals as Hilary Clinton's health in last year's US election showed. Best Doctors explains why a second medical opinion can be crucial in getting people back on track quickly.

clock 27 January 2017 • 5 min read