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
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News
BGL Group promotes wellbeing programme and fundraises for charity trek
BGL Group is promoting its wellbeing programme by offering employees the opportunity to take part in a charity trek in China.
06 Feb EXCLUSIVE: Jelf launches online assessment tool and microsite for international healthcare benefits
06 Feb EXCLUSIVE: Specsavers research: Cost most important when buying corporate eyecare vouchers
02 Feb Capita to acquire Aviva UK Health’s occupational health business
01 Feb Ellipse report: UK absence management approach is increasing risk
Analysis
How to cope with the rising costs of healthcare benefits
Spiralling costs have caused many employers to reassess how they offer healthcare benefits, says Nicola Sullivan
06 Feb Employee Benefits health cash plans supplement 2012
06 Feb Health cash plans: Sponsor's comment: Cash plans can bridge the gap
06 Feb Health cash plans: Made to measure
06 Feb Health cash plans: Valuable contributions
Case Studies
Case study: Barhale builds flexibility into health cash plan
Construction company Barhale has built a health cash plan from scratch to suit its workforce.
06 Feb Case study: Kids Allowed staff get helping hand from cash plan
06 Feb Case study: Cash plan eases PMI excesses at Gallagher Heath
31 Oct Case study: Prevention pays off for Legal and General in sickness absence
Research
Canada Life research: Employees in the dark about return-to-work support
Employees are in the dark about what support they would get from their employer to help them return to work following a significant absence, according to research by Canada Life.
06 Feb EXCLUSIVE: Specsavers research: Cost most important when buying corporate eyecare vouchers
01 Feb Ellipse report: UK absence management approach is increasing risk
17 Jan Nuffield Health research: A third of employees will go to work ill due to economy
