Workplace sickness
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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PMI
The potential cost of employee mental health problems to businesses has been highlighted in two separate pieces of research from two insurers.
28 October 2014
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Employee Benefits
The NHS will offer help and support for workplace incentives to promote employee health and cut sickness-related unemployment.
23 October 2014
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Employee Benefits
The average level of employee absence has fallen by a day to 6.6 days per employee in the last year, nearly a third report that rates have been affected by caring responsibilities, research has found.
06 October 2014
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2 min read
Income Protection
Unum has urged the government to improve take-up of income protection (IP) through four key steps including channels such as the Money Advice Service (MAS) raising awareness of sickness absence.
30 September 2014
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Employee Benefits
A report from The Work Foundation and Fit for Work UK is accusing employers of not doing enough to support people with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
08 September 2014
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2 min read
PMI
SME employees are at increased risk of ill health and burnout, according to a new poll by AXA PPP Healthcare.
11 August 2014
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3 min read
Employee Benefits
Reducing the working week to four days would help to combat work-related stress and the mental ill-health associated with overwork or lack of work, one of Britain's leading doctors says.
03 July 2014
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