health & wellbeing

Unum UK has entered the health cash plan market with the launch of Health Plan 360. The employee benefits provider said its digital-first cash plan has been designed to...

The gap between adults being offered a free NHS Health Check and those that take it up is at its widest since the pandemic, an analysis of official figures...

More than a third of employers (36 percent) directly fund support for staff with a new illness or injury on a case-by-case basis, according to research from Grid, the...

As sickness absence costs soar, employers increasingly view healthcare benefits as a "must have". The continued shift from voluntary to company-paid cover, alongside “living portfolio” strategies, is reshaping healthcare...

Hybrid working has become the new normal for many UK organisations, but vocal business leaders and politicians still want staff back in the office. If you read the headlines...

Caring for kids and elderly parents while holding down a job is breaking Britain’s ‘sandwich generation’. For HR professionals, the warning is stark: fail to support them, and the...

Health and wellbeing provider BHSF has made two senior appointments to its executive leadership team as it pushes ahead with a wide-ranging transformation programme. The organisation has appointed Georgina...

A sharp rise in employees searching for the term “quiet cracking” is shining a spotlight on an emerging form of hidden burnout, according to analysis from YuLife, an employee...

Two-fifths of employees experience what researchers have dubbed 'the post-vacation turnover effect', meaning they come back to work and feel stuck and think about quitting. The finding has prompted...

Could a low-cost universal wellbeing tax break bring benefits for the UK government, employers and employees? Steve Herbert, co-host of the Benefits Unboxed podcast and a veteran HR and...