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Zego supports staff wellbeing with health-related leave policies

Employee Benefits

Zego, a commercial motor insurance provider founded in 2016, operates across the UK, Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands and currently has 536 employees. ” The post Zego supports staff wellbeing with health-related leave policies appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

For more than twenty years I have been speaking about demographic change to workers’ compensation insurers in the hopes of spurring policy changes in advance of an aging workforce and greater numbers of older workers in the workplace. Workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety are not keeping pace.

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Mental health awareness at work: Warnings signs to look for

Business Management Daily

Mental health among workers is essential not only for employee wellness but also for the welfare of your company. adults reported a mental illness in 2016, and 71% reported at least one symptom of stress, like a headache or feeling anxious. Why mental health awareness matters at work. Mental health warning signs.

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AI is a Tool

Florida Workers' Comp

Chatbot Wins (June 2016); Artificial Intelligence in our World (January 2017); Intelligence (November 2022); You're Only Human (May 2023). There will be impacts on our health, safety, and welfare. There has been a great deal written about artificial intelligence. It has been featured here many times.

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DOL – New Electronic Disclosure Guidance for Pension Plans under ERISA

AssuredPartners

A 2018 study concluded that 93 percent of households owning defined contribution accounts had access to, and used, the internet in 2016. Critical Note for Health & Welfare Plan readers: On Page 32 of 115, the DOL states that these new methods apply to retirement plans only. Those efforts need to continue as they have.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers with permanent disabilities often don’t have those options. The monthly workers’ compensation amount they receive may have sustained them initially but unless it is adjusted for the cost of living, permanently disabled workers will see the buying power of their workers’ compensation income decline with each passing year.

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7 Ways to De-Stress Your Workplace

Achievers

A stressed-out worker is usually not an efficient worker. We all know that a business must be profitable to survive, but without recognizing the danger of pushing workers too hard, you’ll end up spending more money than necessary to counter mistakes made by tired, depressed, and stressed-out individuals.