employee benefits

GPs could be given incentives to encourage them to refer employees to the Health and Work Service (HWS), but may lose the responsibility of issuing fit notes.

Here they are… The five flexible benefits with the best staff engagement rates, according to a whitepaper published by Benefex.

American firm VSP Global has announced an expansion into the UK employee benefits market through its VSP Vision Care brand.

Replacing staff with above average salaries in some sectors can cost as much as £30,000 per employee, according to a new study.

National Dental Plan (NDP) has announced a number of changes to its corporate optical cover.

Almost a third of people who have been treated for cancer say they felt pressure to ‘bounce back to normal' more quickly than they would have liked, Bupa has said.

Jelf Employee Benefits has announced it is sharpening its international proposition for employers and individuals by launching Jelf International.

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.