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New benefits adviser joins Grid
Succession Employee Benefit Solutions is the latest intermediary firm to join industry body Group Risk Development (Grid). The firm, which the employee benefits division of Succession Wealth, said joining Grid would give...
Read moreGraham Newitt: Why home working has to work for advisers too
After a year of staying at home and working remotely as companies battle to maintain businesses through lockdowns it is easy to forget how quickly and effectively organisations have adapted. Office for...
Read moreGroup life pays out on 891 Covid deaths, but non-covered majority receive nothing
Almost 900 dependants received pay-outs following Covid-related deaths of workers covered by group life in the period to the end of 2020, says Group Risk Development. Pay outs to this group of...
Read more46pc of workers not encouraged to take breaks
Almost a quarter of UK office workers don’t take any breaks during their working day, apart from lunch breaks, and 46 per cent of people said that their employers and line managers...
Read more‘Always on’ pressure growing on workers – research
Home workers' sense of the pressure of being required to be online and present is soaring, with 54 per cent believing their employer should address the feeling of needing to be present...
Read more46pc of workplace Covid-sufferers ‘struggling to recover’ – Grid research
One in five employees say they are struggling to cope with Covid-19 restrictions and 26 per cent disclosed that their mental health has deteriorated due to the pandemic, according to new employee research...
Read moreCanada Life rolls out virtual support to GIP customers and their families
Canada Life group income protection customers and their families will get access to online GP consultations, second medical opinion services, smoking cessation support, mental health support through its WeCare virtual support package....
Read moreAviva intensifies focus on UK and core markets as it sells French business for £3.2bn
Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...
Read moreDigital health and back-to-work specialist Reframe appoints CEO
Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...
Read moreLocal authority social care staff take 1.1 million sick days in a year – but more than four in ten take none
England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...
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