Employee Benefits

Employers and GPs need radically improved training to get the most out of the fit note and reduce sickness absence.

The government must continue its work on simplifying the administration of workplace benefits.

Concerns over tube workers' health and wellbeing are at the forefront of the dispute that will see a 24-hour strike close the London Underground from this evening.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is highlighting the damaging health effects of working at night as it reveals that more than three million Britons now regularly work night shifts.

More than 1,500 salary sacrifice cars have been taken-up by employees of National Grid using its workplace scheme.

Electricians are more likely to be damaging their physical health due to work pressures than their building site colleagues.

Employers should beware that rewarding performance outcomes in the workplace can lead to problems of excessive perfectionism in staff and greater employee burnout.

Almost a third of BT's UK staff will benefit from thousands of pounds thanks to the firm's latest share scheme maturities - with top savers potentially getting £54,000.

A dedicated body representing reward and benefits practitioners and their professional interests has been needed for some time.

A further 75 employers have been named and shamed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for underpaying their workers more than £153,000.