Three quarters of Britons believe life insurance is important to have and a similar number think it is a significant consideration when moving job.
The prospect of having debilitating health conditions like arthritis, joint pain and back pain is as much a worry to employees as stroke, cancer and heart disease.
Employers have been urged to adopt more flexible working practices after figures showed one in five workers called in sick due to unmanageable stress.
The corporate private medical insurance (PMI) market is "unsustainable" and "fundamentally broken" in its current format.
The GMB is taking legal action against private hire company Uber over claims it is failing to provide basic employment rights to its drivers.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is unable to account for a quarter of its staff sickness absences.
Employers helping staff achieve a good work-life balance earn 27% more per year from each employee, research reveals.
A small minority of employers say investing in employee health and wellbeing is a priority, despite nearly all of them (97%) believing it is linked to performance in the workplace.
Less than a quarter of employers believe the government's fit note scheme has resulted in returning employees to work more swiftly.
Santander has teamed up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to train staff in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).