Women's health

HSBC is introducing free fertility checks as part of an enhanced healthcare plan for UK employees as research revealed that nearly 8 out of 10 couples view workplace fertility...

Towergate Employee Benefits has appointed Mark Pugh to the new role of head of consulting services, which the provider said was key to supporting its ambitious plans for growth...

Cash plan provider Health Shield Friendly Society has signed up to the Menopause Working Pledge to better support and empower women at work. Under the pledge, signatories commit to...

The government has introduced its landmark Employment Rights Bill to parliament in a bid to “upgrade” what deputy prime minister Angela Rayner called “the UK’s out-of-date employment laws”. Most...

Canada Life will offer paid time off to employees who are going through fertility treatment and those that experience the heartbreak of pregnancy loss, the company has said. The...

The way to increase gender equity at work and the number of women in senior roles is to “take away the fences, instead of giving people taller ladders to...

More than four in ten employers do not target benefits by the demographics of their employees, despite requests to do so. Research with 500 HR professionals, conducted by Opinium...

There are “significant gaps” in employer understanding of the scope and impacts of mental ill-health at work, according to fresh research. A survey of 301 HR directors and c-suite...

Research has highlighted a significant gap in enhanced maternity pay offered as a benefit, with private sector employees found to be missing out compared to public sector workers. Almost...

The NHS will start offering health MOTs to workplaces across the UK for the first time as part of government efforts to boost early interventions and improve the nation’s...