Ellipse has welcomed Dame Carol Black's pledge to press government for the removal of tax hurdles that prevent companies taking out employee health and absence management services.
It noted the importance of such measures to help reduce sickness absence for businesses and urged government to prioritise smaller firms with any assistance. The group risk provider also confirmed it expects to launch its own income protection and absence management product shortly. Earlier this week, Dame Black revealed that the sickness absence review she is currently co-leading would again call on Treasury to "remove tax disincentives for employers" wishing to introduce health and wellbeing schemes. In his response, John Ritchie, chief executive of Ellipse, said he was happy to ...
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