Wellbeing

More than two in five (42 per cent) workers now have more flexible working hours as a result of the pandemic, but many are looking for further flexibility as they return to...

More than one in five – 21 per cent - of smaller firms expect to lay off staff by September and 90 per cent of employers say their staff have approached them...

Many business areas have been decimated by Covid-19, but group risk certainly hasn’t been one of them. Indeed, if someone glancing at Swiss Re’s Group Watch 2021 was hypothetically unaware of the pandemic,...

With millions of employees working from home, and this practice likely to remain long after the pandemic is over, a new set of occupational health challenges are emerging. Adapting their approach and using...

There are nearly 3 million requests into GP practices for patient medical reports each year, requests submitted by insurers, third parties and government agencies. GP practices are busy, even more so at...

Generation Xers with caring responsibilities are hampered in their ability to save for their retirement and have poorer health than those who are not carers, according to research from the International Longevity Centre...

Last month I looked at the implications of FCA paper FS 21/7 for the workplace benefits market. When designing a strategy to implement this, it is also important to explore changes in...

A net-zero-now investment strategy winning plaudits from Richard Curtis, former minister and consumer champion Ros Altmann now on the advisory board, and a suite of payroll-deductible savings wrappers that is a match for...

Medicash is partnering with national skin cancer charity Melanoma UK to promote use of its SkinVision smartphone app which uses AI technology to track the appearance of moles on the body over...

The coronavirus pandemic may have resulted in a re-energised focus on health and wellbeing, but the economic consequences of the lockdown have put pressure on some companies’ ability to provide comprehensive employee...