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Axa PPP launches employee dental plan
Healthcare insurer Axa PPP Healthcare has launched a dental plan for employers to provide to staff.The plan offers a choice of six levels of cover of staged reimbursements per treatment.Employees will have telephone access to dental nurses, and can also obtain information about how to maintain good dental health through ...
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Fit notes have positive impact on absence
The fit-note system is having a positive effect on reducing long-term sickness absence, according to research by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and the University of Liverpool.The study, which collected data from 58,700 fit notes distributed to 25,000 patients between October 2011 and January 2013, was conducted by the ...
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Engage Mutual enhances its health cash plan product
Engage Mutual has enhanced its employee-paid health cash plan product.It has removed the excess payable on a range of treatment areas, added an extra premium level, and added an option for employees to pay by direct debit.The enhancements include:The excess payable has been removed when claiming on consultation and diagnostics, ...
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ArticleMost common health benefits offered to expats
Private medical insurance (PMI) (33%) is the most common healthcare benefit offered to expatriate staff, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found that other commonly offered healthcare benefits for international employees include life assurance/death in service (28%), PMI ...
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ArticleMost common sickness absence strategies
EXCLUSIVE: More than three-quarters (81%) of respondents cited return-to-work interviews as the most common format for their sickness absence strategy, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found this is followed closely by early intervention by line managers (74%), ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...