Employee Benefits

More than a quarter of private sector employers are looking to reduce employee benefit costs by cutting holiday entitlement for staff, according to new research.

The team leading the government's sickness absence review has said it is keen to learn what the insurance industry can offer to improve the current management of absence.

GPs have condemned the care offered to mental health patients by the NHS while some have resorted to prescribing drugs to those facing long waiting lists.

Employers are still finding the timely return to work of absent employees challenging - yet Government plans are likely to make this harder.

Employees changing needs are not being met by company benefit packages, according to Canada Life Group Insurance.

Government and the protection industry must seize this window of opportunity if the welfare reform agenda is to succeed, a Group Risk Development (Grid) roundtable has concluded.

Health and wellbeing for employees has a direct impact on loyalty in the workplace, according to new research.

Cigna has produced two new online mental health guides to help employers limit the impact of these conditions in the workplace.

The fit note is not reducing absence yet as sickness time off increased to 190 million lost working days at a cost of £17bn to employers last year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.

Europ Assistance has partnered with Premier Occupational Healthcare as part of its expansion into healthcare and home and family assistance.