Absence/Productivity

Workplace absences connected to employees taking time off to care for a cancer-stricken loved one could cost UK employers an estimated £8.5bn this year due to an increase in cases. This is...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...