How happy are you and your workforce? Take the HR survey

HR magazine has teamed up with the iOpener Institute to find out both how happy employees and HR are and we will reveal the findings in out health and well being supplement in June.

Presenteeism is more costly than absenteeism

The TUC estimates that 5.24 million people in the UK put in extra work worth a staggering £27 billion. This equates to each employee missing out on an average of £5,000-worth of pay per annum – a...

GPs report employees having been sacked while off sick

Britain’s family doctors 'routinely' see patients who have been dismissed from their job during an illness, new research reveals.

Emap brings in Aon Hewitt for consulting around health and risk benefits

Publishing firm Emap International has appointed Aon Hewitt to provide risk benefits, private medical insurance consulting and broking services for its employees.

Pensions auto-enrolment could encourage employers to increase their group risk provision, research suggests

Pensions auto-enrolment coming into effect next year is designed to encourage greater saving towards a pension by UK employees but new employer research conducted by Group Risk Development (GRiD)...

First aid awareness week: Employers under pressure to boost first aid equipment

One in five employees have witnessed a colleague suffer a heart attack at work, according to research from St John Ambulance to coincide with First Aid Awareness week, this week (11-15 April).

Formula 1 team Mercedes GP Petronas appoints Daniels Fitness Group for onsite wellbeing programme

Formula 1 team, Mercedes GP Petronas has appointed Daniels Fitness Group (DFG) as its partner for all its fitness, health and well-being programmes at its Milton Keynes headquarters.

Put employee wellness at the centre of what you do

The recession has put inescapable pressure on employers to do more with less, creating a situation where it is our people who provide our competitive advantage. At the same time, when business...

Westfield Health acquires PatientChoice

Health cash plan provider Westfield Health has announced it is acquiring the business of PatientChoice, which administers, markets and sells health insurance products.

Ways to be level-headed about stress

It is a tough time to be an employee. Having just weathered the worst recession since the 1930s, British workers are bracing themselves for another wave of cutbacks and redundancies.

E.ON launches healthcare benefits scheme to 20,000 staff

Energy giant E.ON has launched a new employee healthcare scheme, offering private medical cover to 4,000 managers and a healthcare cashplan to the remaining 16,000 staff.

Employee Healthcare: Demonstrating ROI

James Glover, Hilary Bright, Amy LeBlanc and Peter Mills join Peter Crush to debate the challenge of demonstrating the benefits of healthcare spend. In association with Simplyhealth.