What is it?

New from Unum - A free benefit for our current and future Group Income Protection (GIP) policyholders - Unum LifeWorks

As part of our continuing product enhancement, Unum is providing all our GIP policyholders, at NO extra cost, an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) called Unum LifeWorks.

This new programme offers a unique range of work/life support services available to employees and their immediate family members. These include access to telephone and face-to-face counselling together with an online library of downloadable materials and interactive tools.

It offers significant value by enhancing the protection provided to insured employees - at NO extra cost.

Key benefits for employer

  • Enhances staff attraction and retention
  • Reduces sickness absence
  • Helps employers maximise their protection from work based mental health claims
  • Supports an employer`s Duty of Care for mental health in the workplace
  • Reduces claims for private medical treatment costs for employees eligible for insurance
  • Improves and sustains employee morale
  • Supports work/life balance initiatives
  • Increases employee productivity
  • Unum LifeWorks Legal - a comprehensive package designed to take the strain and cost out of dealing with the legal issues facing businesses today

Key benefits for the employee

  • Confidential consultation
  • Practical information and advice on work and life matters accessible via freephone 0800 number
  • Personal support
  • Access to up to three sessions per issue of counselling delivered by our telephone counsellors or face-to-face via a nationwide affiliate network
  • Referrals
  • A child and elder care matching service that enables employees to access an appropriate service relevant to their specific needs
  • Online and educational resources

  • Read, order or download tip sheets, booklets, audio recordings, sign up to quarterly newsletters, take self-assessments and access a health encylopaedia

Changes to LifeWorks

For details of some minor changes to the Unum LifeWorks EAP which affects the provision of the service to employees` dependants please click here.

These changes have come about in response to recent guidance from the UK Employee Assistance Professionals Assocation and HMRC.

 

“Giving your employees a better work/life balance keeps stress levels down and helps build a positive, productive environment in which to work.”

Source: Vince Mewett - Human Resources Director

Further information

For more information call 01306 88 77 66 or email info@unumworkmatters.co.uk.