Wellbeing

Over a quarter of retirees aged over 55 were forced into retirement because of ill-health, redundancy or to provide care for a family member, according to new figures by Just Group. This...

Broadstone has appointed Richard Pringle as a principal consultant within the health and protection team of its employee benefits consulting division. Pringle joins from Mercer Marsh benefits, where he has worked for...

Unum has enhanced its pregnancy loss support for all its employees. The employe benefits provider has updated its additional leave policy with a new section on miscarriage and pregnancy loss, while ensuring...

Nearly 61 per cent of parents express feeling stressed and anxious due to concerns about their children, with 39 per cent experiencing sleepless nights as a result, according to the latest research...

Benefits platform Cloud8 has been bought by Benefex in a deal that sees its entire team move over to the organisation. Benefex says the deal reflects its continued investment in providing online...

Support levels for mental health vary based on company size, with large corporations offering 70 per cent support, SMEs providing 49 per cent, and micro companies offering just 37 per cent, according...

SPONSORED CONTENT Colin Fitzgerald, Distribution Director, Legal & General Group Protection, reveals valuable insights from a series of SME interviews For SME employers, group income protection (GIP) is much more than an...

Mental health-related conditions are now the primary driver of absenteeism in the UK, surpassing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The post-Covid era has ushered in a significant increase in mental health issues in workplaces,...

Employers think the cost-of-living crisis is now the biggest cause of stress among their workforce, according to new research from Group Risk Development (Grid). These findings were consistent across much of the...

There is now a plethora of wellbeing services, products and apps available to companies and their employees — covering everything from stop-smoking programmes, daily step ‘challenges’, financial coaching, neurodiversity support, menopause advice,...