It was reported recently that small to medium sized enterprises - according to one of the people high up in the PMI (private medical insurance) industry - are an area that is providing a challenge for group health and protection firms.
Dame Carol Black - who was one of the co-authors of the government-commissioned independent review of sickness absence, said that these industries are struggling to persuade SMEs to invest in staff health and wellbeing.
However, as has been highlighted elsewhere a major part of the challenge is the distribution structure for products within this area, and one further challenge was mentioned - the SME businesses that are outwith the federation of small businesses - those that are harder to reach. But rather than see this is a difficulty, it could be viewed as an area that's ripe for change in terms of provision. After all, things like PMI are offered as an employee benefit and very highly valued by staff in larger sized organisations.
In other business wellbeing news, Volkswagen did a survey to find out what people who owned small businesses though their biggest mistake in business had been. Blog on the subject here. Interesting to note that out of all the personnel and operational regrets in there, nobody has regretted knocking off an hour or two early on a Friday. Could be worth remembering.
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