Employees plans for long term sickness are 'unrealistic'

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The majority of employees have "unrealistic plans" to survive financially should they find themselves long-term sick, Group Risk Development (Grid) has warned.

According to findings from Grid, 41% of employees expected to rely on savings if forced out of work due to illness or injury, yet figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) put the avera...

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