A healthy alternative package (benefits)

Article Type: From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 5

Harrison N. Human Resources (UK), February 2008, Start page: 42, No. of pages: 1

Purpose – Describes how a UK company (LHF) provides complementary therapies as part of its health benefits package. Design/methodology/approach– Describes the health plan offered by LHF, itself a health plan provider. Insets give the views of the company’s member services director and an employee of the value of the health plan. Findings – Argues that the inclusion of complementary therapies in the health plan offers employees a benefit that they want and increases their engagement and loyalty to the company. Originality/value – Profiles an original health benefit plan. ISSN: 0964-8380 Reference: 37AF604

Keywords: Benefits, Health, United Kingdom