Nearly one in five (17%) small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) suffered significant disruption from staff illness and absence in the past year, according to findings from Metlife.
The Health and Work Service should be mandatory and include sanctions for employers who do not cooperate with it, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommends.
Musculoskeletal and mental health conditions account for more than half of long-term absence
MetLife is in talks with a major pension provider to integrate its group life and income protection products with the auto enrolment of the SME market beginning later this year.
Unison has had its judicial review against the introduction of fees for employment tribunals rejected for being "premature".
Some company employee benefit packages could be falling foul of the European gender directive, PMI Health Group is warning.
Minister for Employment Relations Jo Swinson MP writes about the benefits to employers of supporting a healthy workforce
Employment minister Jo Swinson MP has urged employers to invest in the wellbeing of their workforce - noting that there was growing evidence for benefits to businesses and the wider economy when doing so.
The majority of women (59%) regret returning to work as early as they did after childbirth with many doing so purely for financial reasons, a survey reveals.
Almost half of employers believe an independent Scotland should introduce tax breaks for organisations that offer workplace health and wellbeing programmes.