Workplace sickness
Employee Benefits
Group Risk Development (GRiD) has warned that ‘national sickie day' can be the start of longer term problems for some employees.
02 February 2015
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Income Protection
Cirencester Friendly paid £3.3m in sick pay benefit for its income protection customers in 2014, with 94% of eligible claims paid.
02 February 2015
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Employee Benefits
Canada Life has announced that its Early Intervention Service (EIS) has seen 47% of referrals result in a return to work.
29 January 2015
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1 min read
PMI
Up to 30% of adults considered to have asthma may have been incorrectly diagnosed, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said.
28 January 2015
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1 min read
Group Protection
Group life assurance is offered by 36% of employers a survey by Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.
28 January 2015
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Employee Benefits
Employees aged 30-49 took an average of 2.3 sick days in the past six months, more than any other age group, research from AXA PPP healthcare has found.
16 January 2015
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
Obesity, work/life balance and presenteeism are among the health and wellbeing concerns of employers, research for Group Risk Development (GRiD) has revealed.
08 January 2015
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Income Protection
Sickness, both long-term and temporary, was the main reason given for not working by people aged 16-64 years living in workless households across the UK, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found.
06 November 2014
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2 min read
Employee Benefits
Long term shift work is linked to impaired brain power, research published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine has found.
04 November 2014
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Employee Benefits
Unum has launched a set of workshops to help employers spot and manage some of the most common causes of sickness absence.
04 November 2014
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