Wellbeing

Salary Finance has launched a new ‘Advance pay app’ offering employees up to 50 per cent of their salary in advance.  The company, co-founded by the former head of Google, is aiming...

Four major digital trends are driving the employee benefits marketplace, leading to cost savings for employers and better employee engagement. A report by Maxis GBN - a joint venture between MetLife and...

The trade association Grid (Group Risk Development) aims to promote and enhance the take up and status of corporate group protection benefits on behalf of its members, which are UK insurers, advisers...

Grid works with government departments and regulators involved in legislation and regulation affecting group risk benefits, as well as other organisations involved in the benefits and financial protection arenas. Through a collective...

A research paper from Rand Europe - Incentives and Physical Activity – found participants using Vitality Active Rewards with Apple Watch did the equivalent of 4.8 extra days of activity per month, compared...

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a significant rise in work-related stress among UK workers.  According to the HSE 15.4m working days were lost due to stress last...

Smarterly has launched the first payroll-deducted Lifetime Isa These savings plan are particularly popular for younger employees as they allow access to savings to fund a deposit on a first home. Savings...

Opperman has urged UK employers to invest in the health and wellbeing of their staff in a hard-hitting report ‘All Hands on Deck’, co-authored by employment lawyer Laura Farris, where he argues...

Alan Fergusson has launched a new employee benefits consultancy service, known as Beneficia. This consultancy aims to offer ‘in-house’ resources to employers, working with brokers and providers to deliver a range of...

More than half of employees with financial worries say they underperform at work, according to new research.  MetLife said this showed these financial problems were causing significant problems for employers and were...