Absence/Productivity
Spring Statement confirms £1bn to tackle workforce inactivity
The Labour Government's has confirmed £1bn of employment support measures aimed at helping disabled and long-term sick people back into work. The details were included in the Spring Statement documents. Last week,...
Read moreHealth & Protection Awards 2025 voting opens
Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...
Read moreNI hike forces employers to drop income protection for PMI – advisers
Government's impending national insurance contributions (NICs) increase is causing employers to increasingly discard group income protection cover in order to retain the immediate benefit to the workforce provided by group private medical...
Read moreGP, MSK and mental health benefits could cut 80% of UK productivity crisis – Simplyhealth
Providing access to a GP and musculoskeletal and mental health benefits could wipe out 80% of the UK's productivity crisis and save the exchequer billions of pounds a year. This is according...
Read moreWhen time runs out: Early intervention in limited IP claim terms – Garcia
It has been positive to see an overall increased awareness of the benefits of income protection (IP), with an upward trend in sales in recent years. However, I have been reflecting on...
Read moreHealth insurance highly desired as women’s workplace wellbeing trails men – YuLife
Women lag behind men when it comes to workplace wellbeing and health insurance is seen as a much desired benefit, according to a report from YuLife. The provider's Getting Workplace Wellbeing Right...
Read moreWorld Cancer Day: Cancer tops all other health and wellbeing issues for RedArc
Cancer outstrips all other health and wellbeing issues RedArc receives. Marking World Cancer Day (4 February), the nurse support service revealed that when looking at data from the past five years -...
Read moreNo chance of tax breaks for health and protection in Keep Britain Working review
The Departments for Work and Pensions and Business and Trade have confirmed tax policy will remain outside of the scope of the Keep Britain Working review. This means industry hopes that government...
Read moreHealth & Protection Awards 2025 opens to adviser entries
The UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 has launched and is now open for adviser entries. Health & Protection would also like to thank all those who are sponsoring the awards. Advisers...
Read moreFormer Lloyds Bank COO David Oldfield awarded OBE for workplace mental health and wellbeing
Former Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) chief operating officer David Oldfield has been honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work in workplace mental health, wellbeing...
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