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Health insurance

Where it was once a benefit restricted to senior management, access to private medical care has spread to the point where it is common practice in some industries to offer cover to all employees.

However, the cost of group health insurance is rising steadily.


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    Two-fifths favour ‘protective’ benefits over higher salary

    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2024
    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2024

    Two in five employees in the UK would take a pay cut if they were offered better benefits, according to a survey from MetLife UK.

    • OH service delivery
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Better off more likely to have access to employer healthcare

    by Nic Paton 27 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 27 Nov 2023

    People who are financially comfortable are much more likely to be able to access employer-funded healthcare than those who are less well off.

    • Financial wellbeing
    • Employee engagement
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Employee Benefits Awards 2022 deadline fast approaching

    by Zoe Wickens 6 Jan 2022
    by Zoe Wickens 6 Jan 2022

    Time is running out to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, as the extended entry deadline...

    • OH service delivery
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Health insurance

    Why workplace health support may need to become more sophisticated in 2022

    by Christine Husbands 20 Dec 2021
    by Christine Husbands 20 Dec 2021

    The pandemic has put a spotlight like never before on the value of supporting, and investing in, employee health and...

    • Benefits
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    Personnel Today Awards 2021: Wickes and Peppy nail Employee Benefits Award

    by Personnel Today 16 Nov 2021
    by Personnel Today 16 Nov 2021

    Wickes, in partnership with Peppy, scooped the Employee Benefits award for a female-focused programme.

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    Four-day week most sought-after benefit

    by Personnel Today 29 Sep 2021
    by Personnel Today 29 Sep 2021

    Almost two thirds of Britons would like to work a four-day week, according to research into the popularity of various...

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    Most HR professionals anticipate further coronavirus restrictions

    by Personnel Today 21 Sep 2021
    by Personnel Today 21 Sep 2021

    More than half (53%) of HR professionals “expect” new government restrictions to be imposed as the coronavirus pandemic enters its...

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    • Health surveillance

    Information overload on health and wellbeing benefits?

    by Colin Fitzgerald 25 Jun 2021
    by Colin Fitzgerald 25 Jun 2021

    Over the past year,employers have focused on communicating the health and wellbeing benefits and support they offer. But is there a risk of employees tuning it out?

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    Four out of five struggling to access and afford dentistry

    by Nic Paton 15 Jun 2021
    by Nic Paton 15 Jun 2021

    The pandemic has amplified pre-existing problems around the cost of and access to dentistry in the UK

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    • Commission

    FTSE 100 re-ranked for best employee benefits

    by Peter Crush 30 Apr 2021
    by Peter Crush 30 Apr 2021

    A new league table that re-ranks the FTSE 100 in terms of the employee benefits they offer, as rated by...

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    Uber agrees to give drivers minimum wage and employment rights

    by Jo Faragher 17 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 17 Mar 2021

    Following the Supreme Court ruling that its drivers are workers, Uber is giving its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions.

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    Is it enough to be Covid-secure?

    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021
    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021

    With restrictions possibly being reduced in the weeks and months to come, employers are turning their thoughts again to how...

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    Coronavirus only proves that SMEs need employee benefits

    by Steve Herbert 24 Sep 2020
    by Steve Herbert 24 Sep 2020

    Employee benefits have already proven their worth during the Covid-19 pandemic, but Steve Herbert believes they’ll become more important to...

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    Better communication is key to unlocking the value of health and wellbeing benefits

    by Paul Avis 3 Apr 2020
    by Paul Avis 3 Apr 2020

    With this month (April) being the start of a new financial year, Paul Avis argues that now is a good...

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    Aon buys Willis Towers Watson in £23bn deal

    by Rob Moss 9 Mar 2020
    by Rob Moss 9 Mar 2020

    Aon is to acquire Willis Towers Watson in an all-share deal that will create the world’s largest insurance broker.
    Subject...

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