health & wellbeing

Supporting employees goes beyond paychecks—it’s about creating a culture of care, says Holly Coe, senior reward consultant at Innecto Reward Consulting, as she outlines how employers can help prevent...

Workplace culture hinges on context and language, says Fudia Smartt, employment partner at Spencer West LLP, unpacking a tribunal ruling that sided with the swearer. A recent employment tribunal...

Employers have been urged to rethink their approach to managing mental health absences as 5.3 million people, 16 percent of the UK working population, have been signed off sick...

A digital skin health checker, available via a cash plan app, has helped identify 1,000 clinically validated cases of skin cancer for treatment since it launched in 2020. Medicash,...

As the Cycle to Work Scheme marks its quarter century this year, Chris Last, chair of the Cycle to Work Alliance since 2023, is passing on the leadership baton....

Research has found a “stark chasm” between the benefits and wellbeing programmes UK employers offer their workforces and what people want and need in their everyday lives. Employee wellbeing...

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...

“I’ll never forget it. I was coming into my 48th year, and I was sitting in my kitchen writing an email, and I couldn't write some of the most...

Older savers, people aged 50+, are failing to plan for potential shocks in retirement, according to research from consultancy Barnett Waddingham. The study shows that workers aged 50+ consistently...

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...