Tribunal fees ‘pricing out’ the number of claims made…
Figures released this month by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have shown the number of UK workers challenging unfair treatment or discrimination in the workplace has fallen by 9,000 a month. Analysis found that in the year 2012-13, before tribunal fees of £1,200 per claim were introduced, an average of 16,000 people per month took a claim against their employer. However, the figure had dropped to […]
Unum: Cancer equates to one third of long-term sickness claims…
One of the UK’s leading employee benefits providers, Unum, has found as a result of its recently published second annual statement that 31 per cent of paid long-term sickness claims were related to cancer. The statement, which details crucial information on all Unum paid-for income protection claims to individuals who fell seriously ill during the […]
