Workplace sickness
Insurer
An upcoming change in business law may result in UK firms struggling to contain sickness costs, Canada Life Group Insurance has said.
01 April 2014
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Income Protection
Atos Healthcare has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Department for Work and Pensions to allow it to exit from the Work Capability Assessment contract early.
27 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
A new occupational healthcare company, Work Doctors, aims to make it easier to access occupational healthcare and traditional family medicine for major UK businesses.
17 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
More than a third (34%) of firms have seen absence rates improve over the last 12 months, echoing recent ONS Labour Market statistics showing sick days down by 47 million since 1993.
17 March 2014
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Insurer
American firm VSP Global has announced an expansion into the UK employee benefits market through its VSP Vision Care brand.
12 March 2014
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Insurer
Most workers in the UK believe staff health and wellbeing should be shared between both employer and employee, according to new research.
12 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
Providers running the national Health and Work Service (HWS) will not be incentivised to return people to work.
06 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
The vast majority of employers are intending to embrace two key Government initiatives in the battle to combat sickness absence, Jelf Employee Benefits has said.
03 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
The only way the government's new Health and Work Service (HWS) can work effectively is if "people are forced" to take part, says Jelf Employee Benefits head of benefits strategy Steve Herbert.
19 February 2014
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Income Protection
MPs are expected to take part debate on a motion relating to the effects of welfare reform on sick and disabled people.
18 February 2014
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