Employee Benefits

Vebnet has announced an exclusive deal with UK Preventative Medicine in which employees will have access to a health assessment and behavioural coaching.

BDO is launching a five-pronged package to support its new mothers and help them return to work following maternity leave.

The Health and Work Service (HWS) is expected to compliment not conflict with in-house occupational health (OH) services, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says.

Providers running the national Health and Work Service (HWS) will not be incentivised to return people to work.

Links between employers and the Health and Work Service (HWS) will be "very important" but will not be required in every case, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are more satisfied with their investment consultants (83%) than defined contribution (DC) plans (79%), according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

The majority of female millennials say a policy on diversity is important when deciding where to work, yet many feel that employers are still too biased towards men, research reveals.

Standard Life is investigating placing a ban on adviser charging in connection with workplace pensions following discussion with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

JLT Employee Benefits' (JLT EB) UK and Ireland business saw its revenues increase 18% to £172.1m for the year ending December 31 2013.

The vast majority of employers are intending to embrace two key government initiatives in the battle to combat sickness absence, a poll finds.