Guides, frameworks and articles on employee benefits, workplace wellbeing, people risk, and the science of what works.
Official UK data on sickness absence, work-related ill health and local wellbeing context, from ONS and HSE, with every definition, data period and limitation stated beside the figure. Free, no sign-up, and explicit about what published statistics cannot tell you about your own workforce.
NEW GUIDEWhat each benefit is, what it can and cannot usually do, and what to ask before you buy, renew or communicate it. Group income protection, private medical insurance, employee assistance programmes and health cash plans, with the HMRC treatment sourced and linked. No insurer recommended.
Open the hub → NEW DATAThe ONS 2025 release, eleven ways: industry, region, occupation, workforce size, age, reason and more. Every figure reproduced from the published workbook, with the definitions, the limitations, and why it is national context rather than a benchmark for your organisation.
Explore the data → NEW GUIDEWhere the duty comes from, what the courts have decided, what you must write down from five employees, and what evidencing it looks like. Every claim sourced.
Read the guide → NEW GUIDEThe practitioner's side of the same duty: how to assess the risks that come from how work is organised, and where HSE's own framework and ISO 45003 fit.
Read the guide → INTERACTIVE DATAHigh anxiety ranges from 10.4% to 33.8% of adults depending on the area. Interactive map of 150 local authorities, every figure sourced.
Open the map → GUIDEWhy most employees do not understand the benefits they are offered, and the six principles that fix it.
Read guide → GUIDEThe nine things a modern broker should include as standard, and what most charge extra for.
Read guide → GUIDEWhy the platform-plus-broker model is no longer necessary.
Read guide → GUIDEThe difference between measuring sentiment and measuring conditions.
Read guide → GUIDEWhat an EVP is, why most don't land, and how to make yours felt rather than filed.
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