Absence/Productivity

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is launching a UK-wide study on the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) and other respiratory infections. This new study will invite 300,000 participants from the previous survey,...

Employers have a key role in creating cultures that more positively support working parents in three vital aspects of life, according to Katie Crook-Davies, co-chairwoman of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF)...

Shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 provider categories have been revealed after advisers voted to support their favoured providers. The shortlists cover 12 categories spanning the breadth of the...

Unlocking a team's 'why' can make all the difference in the drive to success, according to World Cup winning rugby union star Maggie Alphonsi (pictured). Speaking at the fourth Women in Protection...

Business for Health, a business-led coalition working with major employers including Legal and General and Axa Health, is calling for health and wellbeing to be more closely aligned to companies' environmental, social...

Six in 10 financial services workers think their employer could do more to improve workplace mental health and wellbeing, according to research by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. It found 83%...

Helen Crook, head of clinical services at HCB, speaks to Health & Protection about putting the varied skills she has picked up over her career to use, why she takes inspiration from...

More than 7,000 people have been added to the number of people who who are economically inactive due to long term sickness in the UK in the past month. Last month data...

The number of people suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years has soared past three quarters of a million - rising 11% since the start of the year, according...

Unum UK witnessed increased demand for its remote GPs service during the winter as NHS services continued to be stretched, particularly out-of-hours. As of February 2023, the provider said more than a...