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Ministers are set to announce changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) that will see the lowest paid workers receive 80 percent of their average weekly earnings or the rate...

Almost half (48 percent) of UK employees believe their job puts their eye health at risk as experts warn that employers “underestimate” employee exposure to eye damage.  UK employers...

Almost a third of employers plan to increase self-funding for health and wellbeing benefits, prompting warnings from Grid that employers considering this approach will “need deep pockets”.  A survey...

Employee use of digital health services has rocketed by 79 percent year on year, according to L&G Retail. In its latest ‘Chief Medical Officer report’, the provider said that...

Most UK employers (82 percent) acknowledge the critical role they have in addressing long-term sickness absence and getting people back into work. However, with 2.8 million people classed as...

With 7.54 million cases on NHS waiting lists in March 2024, and 71,000 appointments that require people to wait for more than a year, it is clear why more...

More than three-quarters (77 percent) of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are reviewing their employee benefits with plans to boost packages, research has found. The research from Howden...

Employer disability reporting has improved but this data “must be put to good use” for an organisation and its employees to see the benefit. Office for National Statistics data...

Research has found that 18 percent of employers fail to encourage workers to use their employee benefits. These employers leave it to employees to initiate the use of benefits...

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of benefits providers have become increasingly important to employers, according to Grid.  The industry body said that this is impacting decisions when...