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Almost half of Canadian home workers are worried about contracting Covid-19 upon their return to the office, according to research from Canada Life. The study, conducted by Workplace Strategies for Mental Health...

Advisers have a crucial role in educating employers about protection cover and benefit options as Covid restrictions start to lift in the workplace and across society. Yesterday, the Prime Minister addressed the...

Global health service company Cigna Europe has launched a new guide aimed at improving employee 'whole health'. ‘The road to a healthy SME: a practical guide to achieving better results through employee...

Four in 10 American workers question the need to ever return to the workplace following the pandemic. This is according to research from The Conference Board which reveals 43% of US workers...

There has been a slight drop in the numbers of long Covid sufferers, according to official data. Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals around 962,000 people were experiencing self reported...

More than a third of UK businesses don't measure the impact of sickness absence on their business, according to findings from group risk industry body Grid. The findings show while 85% of...

More UK employees think the tech they use at work adversely affects their mental wellbeing than those that do not. This is according to research from employee benefits consultancy Barnett Waddingham, which...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme's 'outcome over output' approach to work has really paid off during the pandemic, according to chief people officer David Blackburn. Addressing delegates at the recent CIPD London...

Employers need to embed nutrition into wellbeing plans to unlock workforce brain power and boost productivity, a conference has heard. Addressing WPA's webinar Nutrition: Brain Power in the Workplace, nutritionist Clarissa Lenherr...

The UK may be home to twice the number of long Covid sufferers than first feared, with research suggesting the figure could be as high as two million. The Imperial College London-led...