Panasonic has moved away from offering employees traditional private medical insurance and now provides staff with a healthcare trust scheme in the hope of reducing costs by 10%.

A quarter of employers would be less likely to employ or promote a staff member who has bad teeth, although one in four HR managers think staff do not value dental benefits and 63% believe they would...

New guidelines have been issued to help employers manage the problem of staff long-term sickness absence and incapacity for work.

Danish women, who developed breast cancer after working nightshift, have been awarded compensation by their government following research from the World Health Organisation showing disrupted sleep...

Less than a third (30%) of employees would discuss the stresses of their job with their manager.

Nominet has held a wellbeing week for employees to help increase their health and fitness and increase productivity.

Income during sickness absence is the most valued health-related employee benefit among staff and is more highly rated than private medical insurance and occupational health services.

The private medical insurance (PMI) industry is to hold a discussion panel to address the issue of transparency of claims information.

Even among companies that realise the importance of employee wellbeing very few include details of their health policies' ROI in their annual reports. Steve Hemsley looks at reasons for this omission.

Asda has launched a nationwide campaign to encourage staff to quit smoking.

With costs rising dramatically, there are fears that private health cover will go the same way as final-salary pension schemes. Andrew Donaghue reports.

Patients will be allowed to top up payments for non-NHS treatments, such as expensive drugs, without losing their entitlement to NHS care, the Government has announced.