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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.


    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Health insurance

    Research on EAPs shows employers are missing out on all the benefits

    by Dr Zofia Bajorek and Andrew Kinder 3 Aug 2017
    by Dr Zofia Bajorek and Andrew Kinder 3 Aug 2017

    Research on employee assistance programmes suggests they are valued by employees, but employers are not yet gaining all the potential...

    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Sickness absence management

    Employee health benefits are more than “bells and whistles” for insurance products

    by Paul White 2 Aug 2017
    by Paul White 2 Aug 2017

    Employee health benefits must be used to cut insurance costs and reduce the risk of ill health at work, argues...

    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts
    • Health insurance

    Deliveroo calls for new gig worker status

    by Rob Moss 7 Jul 2017
    by Rob Moss 7 Jul 2017

    Food delivery company Deliveroo has announced plans to offer its self-employed couriers sick pay as it calls on the Government...

    • Occupational Health
    • Health insurance
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    How to ensure health screening at work reaches all staff

    by Lee Gruskin 6 Jul 2017
    by Lee Gruskin 6 Jul 2017

    Employers need to ensure wellbeing programmes and health screening at work are relevant to all employees, argues Lee Gruskin. The...

    • Age discrimination
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Employment law

    Managing workers with terminal illness: a guide

    by Sarah Silcox and Zoe Dudgeon 4 Jul 2017
    by Sarah Silcox and Zoe Dudgeon 4 Jul 2017

    With growing numbers of employees set to work into older age, managing those with terminal illness will be a priority...

    • Benefits
    • Occupational Health
    • Health insurance

    Why Capita offers a health “MOT” to all employees

    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2017
    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2017

    Employers need to ensure wellbeing programmes and health screening at work are relevant to all employees, argues Lee Gruskin. The...

    • Benefits
    • Health insurance
    • Healthcare cash plans

    Healthcare trusts: Watch out for tax rule changes

    by Kevin Gude 6 Jun 2017
    by Kevin Gude 6 Jun 2017

    Many employers use healthcare trusts and medical master trusts to deliver healthcare benefits to staff. But new rules on tax...

    • Research
    • Occupational Health
    • Eyecare

    Women more likely to take up eyecare benefits at work

    by Nic Paton 30 May 2017
    by Nic Paton 30 May 2017

    Women are more likely to take up eyecare benefits than men, employers believe, with older employees (aged over 40) again...

    • Occupational Health
    • Global mobility
    • Health insurance

    Global mobility: Take a bespoke approach to employee wellbeing

    by John Kaye 3 May 2017
    by John Kaye 3 May 2017

    With global mobility increasing, research shows the need for employers to look at the individual needs of staff to ensure...

    • Occupational Health
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Health insurance

    Second medical opinion services can cut risks of employing older workers

    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2016
    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2016

    Second medical opinion services can help older workers return to work after sickness absence and reduce risks for employers, argues...

    • Benefits
    • Occupational Health
    • Sickness absence management

    Cancer is top cause of long-term sickness absence claims, report shows

    by Noel O'Reilly 8 Sep 2016
    by Noel O'Reilly 8 Sep 2016

    Cancer accounts for almost one-third of all long-term sickness absence claims paid through income protection in the last year, according...

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    • Mental health
    • Health insurance

    Mental health risk: employers and insurers need a joined-up approach

    by Andrew Woolnough 23 Aug 2016
    by Andrew Woolnough 23 Aug 2016

    Employers should address rising stress and mental health risk through collaboration between internal departments and insurance providers. A dedicated employee...

    • Case law
    • Health insurance
    • TUPE

    TUPE transfers and long-term sick leave – appeal confirmed

    by Personnel Today 14 Jun 2016
    by Personnel Today 14 Jun 2016

    A senior judge has granted permission for the TUPE case BT Managed Services Ltd v Edwards and another to go...

    • Health insurance
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Healthcare cash plans

    Why US firm Hallmark takes a long-term view on employee wellbeing

    by Noel O'Reilly 31 Oct 2015
    by Noel O'Reilly 31 Oct 2015

    Greetings card company Hallmark is one of a growing number of US companies adopting innovative approaches to wellbeing, in response...

    • Benefits
    • Health insurance
    • Healthcare cash plans

    Seven ways US corporate wellbeing differs to the UK

    by Noel O'Reilly 30 Oct 2015
    by Noel O'Reilly 30 Oct 2015

    US companies are more advanced in delivering wellbeing programmes than their UK equivalents, but what are the key differences between...

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