Workplace sickness

Regulation

Market views: Government interference

With white papers due this year on long-term care (Dilnot Review), sickness absence and also the Treasury's work on simple products, how much explicit help (not just macro changes to benefits and the NHS) would you want the government to give the industry?...

clock 10 January 2012 • 5 min read

Employee Benefits

Personal reasons top cause of employee absence

Employees are more likely to have been absent from work due to personal reasons than because of sickness, new research has revealed.

clock 06 January 2012 • 2 min read

Group PMI

Businesses support PMI tax breaks for staff

The majority of employers agree with recommendations to introduce tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), a survey has found.

clock 21 December 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Fit notes need five years to take effect - CIPD

The fit note is failing to reduce employee sickness absence and may take five years to become fully integrated, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has revealed.

clock 14 December 2011 • 2 min read

PMI

Patient employment targets for NHS

The new NHS focus on patient outcomes will specifically target getting those suffering long term conditions or mental illness back into work.

clock 07 December 2011 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

DWP issues return to work guidance

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidelines for individuals and healthcare professionals regarding patients about to return to work.

clock 06 December 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Scrap ESA assessment stage - Absence Review

People should collect Employment Support allowance (ESA) after a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) the Sickness Absence Review has concluded.

clock 21 November 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Assessment for all who go sick from work - Absence Review

The Government should set up an Independent Assessment Service (IAS) to sign people sick off work, the Sickness Absence review has concluded.

clock 21 November 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Employer funded PMI should get tax relief - Sickness Absence Review

Tax relief should be applied to private medical insurance (PMI) provided by employers for basic tax rate paying staff, the Sickness Absence Review has recommended.

clock 21 November 2011 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Out of work sick face massive consequences - Research

Leaving work due to illness and injury is as damaging as becoming unemployed, and can damage spouses income too, according to new research.

clock 21 November 2011 • 2 min read