Over two-fifths (43%) of businesses have had employees absent from work for more than four weeks due to ill health in the last two years, according to new research.
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Occupational Health News
A must for ALL employers
advo HR in association with the employee benefit’s team takes a look at an essential staff benefit, an EAP. It’s cheap but can be of real benefit to both employer and employee. We believe it should be a must have for all employers, large and small.
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Over half of UK workers feel too guilty to take sick days and it’s affecting their mental health
Research has found that the majority of Brits (73.7%) actually only take one or two sick days a year. What’s more, less than one in five (17.5%) said they have ‘pulled a sickie’ in the last 12 months.
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Figures release by leading risk insurer prove the value of EAPs
Counselling provided by Unum’s Employee Assistance Programme improves mental health for 92% of users according to figures released for the first time by the group risk insurer.
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GIP and OH working together
Occupational health departments and group income protection providers can make a formidable team to cut workplace absence.
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The importance of early intervention
Canada Life’s Paul Avis, Andrew “Max” Marchant, Rehabilitation & EIS Manager and Donna Wray, Senior Rehabilitation Consultant (EIS), talk about the importance of early intervention and group income protection on the latest Roger Edwards podcast.
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Employees want a promotion – 5 signs to look out for
Some employees will go to extraordinary lengths to climb that career ladder – with greater benefits, autonomy, remuneration and respect, the results of upwards career moves.
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AVIVA’s response to the ‘Improving Lives’ green paper
In an article first published in Health Insurance Daily magazine the managing director of AVIVA UK Health’s group protection, Steve Bridger, outlines 11 recommendations in response to the Government’s green paper on workplace health.
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Health tech could be the key to a fitter, healthier workforce
The workplace could be the best place for the mass adoption of health tech in the UK helping to improve and maintain employees’ health through company wellness programmes – if only workers got more support from their employers. And, despite the recent explosion of health tech ownership in the UK, leading to lots of personal data being generated, there are doubts from data academics about whether this information is being used to the best effect by individuals alone.
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Overweight Sedentary Workers Costing the UK £8.2 Billion
Alarming figures reveal that 63% (NOO.org) of Brits have strolled into 2017 either overweight or obese; despite around 35% holding a new year’s resolution to lose weight last year. However, disappointingly less than 10% actually stuck to these promises. With so many living such an unhealthy lifestyle, it has proven to have a detrimental effect on Britain’s industries.
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