#ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q1&2 2024
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Content
- Sustainable return to work, with help from vocational rehabilitation
- Working carers: Why you shouldn’t wait for a mandate
- Does absence management need a rethink
- Social prescribing and its role in back to work support
- How employers can support employees after a bereavement
- Is your employee benefits provider meeting Consumer Duty standards?
- Is absence the answer to workplace stress?
Sustainable return to work, with help from vocational rehabilitation
How Vocational Rehabilitation – available via group income protection – complements Occupational Health, especially when it comes to supporting employees with long-term and chronic health conditions return to work. Generali UK’s Kay Needle, Early Intervention and Rehabilitation Expert talks with Robin Pickard, Managing Director of Form Health.
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Working carers: Why you shouldn’t wait for a mandate
In the ongoing absence of the promised Carers’ Leave Act, Andrew Gething, Managing Director of our Eldercare Support Partner MorganAsh, says to employers, don’t wait for a mandate because there’s so much that could and should be done now.
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Does absence management need a rethink
Why new ways of working mean that the definitions of absence and presenteeism might need a rethink. Generali UK’s Kay Needle interviews Helen Appleby, Vocational Rehabilitation Services Manager at Form Health, one of our valued partners.
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Social prescribing and its role in back to work support
Social prescribing is being discussed in government circles, in terms of helping the long-term sick get back to work. Social prescribing has always formed part of Vocational Rehabilitation’s biopsychosocial approach. So, what does good employer support look like? Asks Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits.
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How employers can support employees after a bereavement
Well-meaning employers often put bereaved employees on sick leave; inadvertently medicalising bereavement. Also, signposting to talking therapies is not always immediately appropriate. Generali UK’s Kay Needle explores the stages of grief, asking our EAP provider TELUS Health for guidance.
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Is your employee benefits provider meeting Consumer Duty standards?
Generali UK’s Tracey Ward explains how we’ve applied the Consumer Duty rules to group risk. This includes pointers on what to look out for when assessing employee benefit providers.
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Is absence the answer to workplace stress?
Work-related stress represents an ever-growing problem. But sickness absence is not necessarily the answer. To discuss why, Generali UK’s Kay Needle speaks with Alex Freeman, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant and Owner of Absence Management Solutions, one of our trusted partners.
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