employee benefits

Employers can be required to fund private medical treatment as part of a reasonable adjustment to help staff return to work, a court has ruled.

An employment tribunal has ruled that stopping the payment of sickness absence benefit once an employee turns 55 is age discrimination.

Andrew Tripp, a former chairman of AMII, has launched new PMI and protection provider ESMI, which he claims will ‘revolutionise' health insurance.

The UK unemployment rate fell 0.1% in the three months to July to 7.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Health cash plan provider Medicash has upgraded its company-paid Proactive plan to ensure all policyholders in a client business enjoy the same benefit year, even if they subscribe mid-term.

EAPs are an intrinsic part of group risk products, but how do you assess them? What are the tax implications? Paul Avis explains.

Simplyhealth has partnered with wellbeing specialist Robertson Cooper to support employees' health through its ‘Good Day at Work' network.

Employers are failing to understand or measure the effect of employee health programmes and its strategic value for their business models, research has found.

PruHealth and PruProtect has announced the establishment of a new advisory board for its Vitality programme.

Employee benefits must be overhauled as they have failed to adapt to a changing workforce leaving workers financially exposed, a report has urged.