Healthcare & wellbeing
The wellness and wellbeing perk has become an important part of company healthcare and sickness absence strategies. Health care benefits that prevent staff from falling ill include gym membership for staff, healthcare cash plans, private medical insurance (PMI), employee assistance programmes (EAP) and health screening; while absence management helps employees to return to work after spells of sickness. Health and wellbeing benefits can be part of a long-term strategy to improve the productivity, engagement and health care of staff and also drive down the amount of days off work sick their employees are taking.
Definitions of workplace health and wellbeing & Buyer’s guides
How to manage sickness absence (PDF 2.5mb); How to manage health & wellbeing; How to manage workplace stress
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News
Linklaters closes final salary pension and reviews reward
Law firm Linklaters has closed its final salary pension scheme to future accrual and reviewed its risk benefits as part of a new approach to employee benefits.
03 Feb Willis Group re-launches health and wellness portal
02 Feb Bournemouth Borough Council signs three-year contract with healthcare provider
01 Feb Denton Wilde Sapte launches wellbeing programme
01 Feb Health Assured launches new health cash plan
01 Feb News analysis: Should staff be paid if they can't get to work?
Analysis
Using cognitive behavioural therapy to tackle work-related stress
Work-related stress is a notoriously difficult problem to deal with, but the growing availability of cognitive behavioural therapy means employers may be able to do more to help, says Nicola Sullivan
01 Feb Private medical insurance still appeals to staff
01 Feb Buyer's guide to corporate health screening
01 Feb News analysis: Should staff be paid if they can't get to work?
06 Jan What can you get in a £1-a-week health cash plan?
Case Studies
Case Study: Unilever extends healthcare to include wellbeing
Last year, Unilever extended its traditional benefits package, which includes private medical insurance, with the launch of a wellbeing programme, Vitality into Action.
01 Feb Denton Wilde Sapte launches wellbeing programme
01 Feb Employer profile: Sony UK
01 Feb Mills and Reeve brings health screening on-site
03 Dec Employer profile: Amey
05 May Case study: The Health Store
Research
Half of employers now offer wellness strategy, says Buck
Almost half of employers provide wellness plans to motivate and retain staff, according to research by Buck Consultants.
09 Nov More than a third of all sick leave is taken on a Monday, says Mercer
28 Oct Happiness is more important than money for UK employees
01 Jun Research: how legislation is affecting workplace health and wellbeing
01 Jun Research: healthcare costs and calculating return on investment
