All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 247
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ArticleMost common causes of absence
EXCLUSIVE: Minor ailments, flu and colds have consistently been the most common cause of sickness absence, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found that 85% of respondents cited these as the most common causes, up from 78% in ...
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Article
Healthcare research 2013
Employee Benefits’ Healthcare Research 2013 reports on employers’ current healthcare issues and attitudes to, for example, what they believe their healthcare benefits are achieving for their workforce.The research also covers: The actions employers are likely to take around healthcare provision in the next 12 months; How the economic climate has ...
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Article
Axa PPP launches healthcare master trust
Axa PPP has launched a healthcare master trust for organisations with a minimum medical benefit spend of around £200,000 a year.The master trust has been supported by external legal advice from Pinsent Masons.Features of the master trust include:Flexible benefit design.Tax efficiency.Flexibility and certainty of financial liability.Reduced administrative burden.James Freeston, sales ...
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Article
Wellbeing4Business launches workplace wellbeing challenge
Wellbeing4Business has launched an online team challenges programme to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace.The Healthy Teams programme, which is available for employers of all sizes, provides access to a web portal that enables them to run team-based wellbeing challenges for staff.Each challenge lasts for four weeks, during which ...
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AnalysisDental benefits prove their worth
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Health cash plans and dental insurance will cover treatment by both NHS and private dentists up to an agreed limit.The treatments covered by dental plans have expanded to include dental accidents and dental cancers.The cost of private dental treatment can vary throughout the country ...
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Opinion
Nigel Carter: Employees must see the dentist
The same survey showed 93% of employers do not give staff occupational health information on the importance of maintaining good oral health.We would encourage employers to review their current occupational health and general welfare policies regarding employees taking time off to visit the dentist. In the last five years, the ...
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Case Studies
JP Morgan wants good dental health for staff
In 2007, the dental plan became part of the bank’s new flexible benefits scheme.The employee-funded plan offers five levels of cover and is available to all 13,500 of the organisation’s UK staff.Adam Brooke, employee benefits manager (UK) at JP Morgan, says: “We wanted choice within the offering, just as we ...
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Article
Simplyhealth launches new PMI plan for SMEs
Simplyhealth has launched a new private medical insurance (PMI) scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The scheme, Simply Employee Health, will replace its existing PMI schemes, Accessible, Preferential and Sante, from 1 July 2013. Its core cover includes a physiotherapy service, designed to remove the need for GP referral and ...
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Article
Employees feel pressure to work when unwell
More than two-thirds (70%) of respondents to research by Capita Employee Benefits said it is becoming increasingly common for them to attend work while unwell.The research, which polled 3,000 employees, found that 59% of respondents feel more pressure to go to work while ill than they used to.Despite this, 78% ...
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Article
SThree cuts private medical insurance premiums
Recruitment firm SThree has cut its private medical insurance premiums by more than £23,000.This equates to a 10% saving, which is attributed to its £11,000 saving on medical claims in 12 months after the organisation nurse-led claims management service, Managed Care, provided by PMI Health Group.The claims savings were made ...
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Article
Finning UK renews health cash plan
Finning UK and Ireland has renewed its employer-funded employee health cash plan contract for two more years.The equipment dealer’s health cash plan is provided to non-management employees at all of the organisation’s depots, from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands. Nearly 60% of the workforce has opted to join the plan, ...
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Article
Sovereign Health Care launches new health cash plan
EXCLUSIVE: Sovereign Health Care has launched a new health cash plan that costs 90p per employee per week.Its Merit plan offers employees 100% payback up to the policy limit on a range of healthcare costs, including dental and optical charges, as well as treatments such as acupuncture and physiotherapy.The plan ...
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Article
Cafcass introduces new employer-paid health plan
Family court advisory and support service Cafcass has introduced a new employer-paid health plan.The scheme, which is provided by Medicash, offers employees access to a range of benefits including physiotherapy, dental and optical treatments, flu jabs and specialist services such as health screening, specialist consultations and diagnostic testing.So far, 98% ...
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Article
Presenteeism on the rise among UK workforce
Presenteeism among the UK workforce is on the rise, with 93% of employee respondents coming into work despite being ill, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its research, which polled more than 1,000 UK workers, found that more than a third (36%) of respondents would rather use their annual ...
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Article
Aviva adds musculoskeletal service to private medical insurance
Aviva is to add a musculoskeletal rehabilitation service to its corporate private medical insurance scheme for large employers.Its BacktoBetter service, which is aimed at helping employees with any musculoskeletal conditions return to work more quickly, will combine the insurer’s BackUp and BackUp Plus programmes into one employee-focused service from 1 ...
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Article
Top discussions from the Employee Benefits LinkedIn group
There’s a world of difference between being supportive of employees who wish to become more active (which I think we should) and putting pressure, however well-intentioned, on employees to take up activities that might not be suitable for their level of health and fitness.Maria Padley, reward manager, GetronicsFacilitating employees to ...
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Article
Buyer's guide to private medical insurance 2013
Private medical insurance (PMI) is a popular benefit, offering employees access to private medical treatment and helping employers to reduce sickness absence. But, with budgets squeezed, employers and insurers are looking for ways to keep the cost of cover down.This drive to cut costs can be seen in figures from ...
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Article
BGL Group launches fitness initiative
BGL Group has launched an initiative to encourage its staff to be more active.The four-week Active121 programme aims to help employees complete 30 minutes’ exercise five days per week.Around 100 employees have registered for the free benefit, which includes unlimited email access to a wellbeing advisor for personal support, a ...
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Article
Kärcher encourages cash plan take up
EXCLUSIVE: Kärcher UK has issued new communications to its 230 employees to remind them about their health cash plan.Between 1 July 2012 and 1 February 2013, 97 employees at the cleaning equipment manufacturer made a claim through the plan.As a result, Kärcher UK wanted to ensure its employees were taking ...
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Article
Federation of Small Businesses offers members health services
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has signed a three-year contract with Jelf Employee Benefits to offer its 200,000 member organisations access to discounted health and wellbeing services.The FSB’s small business owners, managers and their employees will have access to lower premiums for private medical insurance (PMI), hospital treatment insurance ...