Workplace sickness
Employee Benefits
Over a quarter of employers (27%) plan to signpost absent employees towards Fit for Work (FfW) in the absence of GP referrals.
14 October 2015
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Employee Benefits
Nearly a third of employers have reported an increase in people coming to work while they are ill.
12 October 2015
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Technology
Westfield Health has launched a health and wellbeing toolkit for HR managers.
28 September 2015
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
Premier League football clubs pay £123m per season in wages to injured players, JLT Speciality has calculated, with Manchester United paying the most.
14 September 2015
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Income Protection
Half of UK workers believe they have a less than one in ten chance of being unable to work through disability, a survey for Zurich has found.
14 September 2015
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2 min read
Employee Benefits
Employers facing lengthy staff sickness absences can now refer employees to the fully operational Fit for Work (FfW) health service.
08 September 2015
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Income Protection
Cancer accounts for almost a third (29%) of all long-term sickness claims paid in the past year, latest claims data from Unum reveals.
07 September 2015
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Employee Benefits
The Fit for Work (FfW) service, which aims to reduce the impact of long-term sickness absence, has completed its nationwide rollout after going live across all of England.
23 July 2015
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2 min read
Business
Employers should encourage staff to take more responsibility for their health and wellbeing to ensure they are fit to enjoy retirement, and able to work for as long as they like, writes AXA PPP's Nick Jeal.
15 July 2015
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7 min read
Employee Benefits
The proportion of employees saying they were more likely to stay with an employer if they had good benefits has fallen to 66%, from 74% in 2013, a report has found.
02 July 2015
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