Top 10 tips for renewing corporate PMI contracts

This is traditionally the time of year when most organisations begin looking at renewing their corporate private medical insurance (PMI) contracts. But, despite massive inflation in the cost of this...

Mental health care still poor

Research finds staff do not rate company mental health strategies as highly as their employers do.

How to make your wellbeing investment work harder

Next year employers will invest more than ever in health and wellbeing for the people in their organisations.

Why mental health matters

Mental health in the workplace is gaining increased interest from employees, employers, the media and HR professionals, but more work needs to be done to break down stigmas and create work...

Relationship breakdowns are a risk to wellbeing

A groundbreaking study revealed between one-third and half of adults experiencing divorce and separation report levels of mental distress high enough to warrant further attention by their GP.

Six steps to supporting employees through bereavement

Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will ever go through. For many employers, it can be difficult to know how to respond when an employee is bereaved.

The three hardest workplace conversations

Issues around mental and physical health are some of the hardest conversations to have with employees. But we need to start talking about them.

'Smart drugs' in the workplace

Performance-enhancing drugs may be banned in many competitive sports - but not in our increasingly competitive and performance-focused workplaces. The current trend for research programmes exploring...

How to support men with cancer in the workplace

Work can be important to many people with cancer because it provides a sense of normality, purpose and focus. While the majority of people have a very positive experience of returning to work, men in...

Companies under pressure to reduce health benefits costs

Almost half (49%) of companies are under pressure to reduce short-term costs on employee health benefits, according to research by Aon Employee Benefits.

Public sector wellbeing budgets being ‘decimated’, says Cooper

Health and wellbeing budgets have been ‘decimated’ throughout the public sector in recent years, one of the UK’s leading wellbeing experts has warned.

Self-employed workers need more support, warns Bevan

Self-employed workers are not able to access the support they need, particularly for health and wellbeing, director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness Stephen Bevan has warned.