Compliance & Regulation

Governments across the globe have been urged to consider implementing maximum working times as new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals three quarters of...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce fresh demands on advisers and intermediaries to ensure they are operating in the customer’s best interests at all times. The rules will be...

More than half of people worry their workplace will not have routine Covid testing upon their return to the office. This is according to research from Canada Life which shows 58% of...

Protection and health insurance advisers will see their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy significantly reduced after the regulator updated its expectations for this financial year. For those pure protection and health...

Commitments to give the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) the power to investigate healthcare incidents and extend its remit to cover independent healthcare are among the standout proposals in the government's...

Private healthcare providers should ensure they do not fall foul of duty of candour regulations or they will face fines running into thousands of pounds. The warning follows a recent case involving...

Government has come under fire for not providing enough detail about exactly how it plans to reform social care and its latest proposals have been branded "disappointing". The subject of social care...

A commitment to tackle obesity and improve mental health featured among an array of measures announced by the Queen in the state opening of Parliament this morning. Addressing Parliament, the Queen revealed...

Spire Healthcare has been ordered to pay £20,000 after delaying telling four patients of concerns over their care at the private healthcare provider's Leeds hospital. The Yorkshire Post reports Leeds Magistrates Court...

Employers should be as clear as possible with employees about sick pay and health insurance benefits from day one, according to employment lawyers. Melanie Stancliffe, partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...