Workplace sickness
Employee Benefits
The Fit for Work (FfW) service has fully rolled-out across Wales and is also active in much of England.
30 June 2015
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
More companies are reporting an increase in long-term absence, with two fifths seeing a rise, and a fifth seeing a fall, the largest increase in five years, a report has found.
15 June 2015
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2 min read
Employee Benefits
Unum has launched a free online tool to provide businesses with an MOT-style review of their wellbeing strategy.
01 June 2015
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Employee Benefits
Half of employees have never been asked in a one-to-one with managers about stress, depression or anxiety, a survey for Bupa has found.
11 May 2015
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Group Protection
More than 1,500 employees returned to work following rehabilitation from group risk benefits, according to trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).
05 May 2015
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Income Protection
The overwhelming majority of HIV positive people (90%) would consider an income protection (IP) or critical illness (CI) policy, up 29% from October.
27 April 2015
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Income Protection
Legal & General has revealed that mental health issues are the cause of nearly 20% of individual income protection (IP) claims it receives and is calling for government focus on mental health in the workplace.
20 April 2015
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
The threshold for employers to foresee stress related illnesses in the workplace has been judged as a very high one.
08 April 2015
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Employee Benefits
Two thirds of employers plan to use the Fit for Work (FfW) service while 30% of HR managers are not aware of it, two surveys have found.
31 March 2015
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Income Protection
Among the employed population 9% report having a limiting long-standing illness or disability (LSI), figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have found.
19 March 2015
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