Absence/Productivity

Employers have been urged to resist 'over medicalising' normal human reactions to the pandemic. The warning comes from Christine Husbands, managing director of nurse-led wellbeing support service RedArc. Husbands told Health &...

Aviva has paid more than £1bn to its individual protection customers in a year in which the pandemic had a mixed impact on new mental health income protection claims. The insurer revealed...

Employers need to reassess their benefits provision to successfully tackle long Covid, Towergate has warned. The health and wellbeing intermediary warns long Covid could have a big impact for employers for many...

The Association of British Insurers' new online mental health training platform will ensure customers who disclose a mental health condition are treated consistently across the industry, according to director of policy for...

Mental wellness days, diarised screen breaks and daily mental health checks in are among the most popular measures people from working home would like their employer to adopt to benefit their mental...

Thousands of people returned to gyms across the country in a bid to boost their physical and mental health after months in lockdown. Last week Health & Protection reported on the initiatives...

Benefits advisory group Advo has launched a fully integrated platform, advo-one. The platform, which enables organisations to manage their employee benefits, HR and payroll through a single login, can be company branded,...

Poor mental health among employees directly damages business performance, new research from the Reward and Employee Benefits Association (REBA) and insurer AXA Health shows. The research, released this morning, reveals 95% of...

Two in five employees say they would stay in their current job if their employer showed greater care towards their mental wellbeing. This is one of the key findings from research from...

The number of sickness days people have taken due to stress has increased 113% in the past year. This is the startling statistic from absence management platform e-days, which also reveals the...