Articles & Press Releases

Date	Publication	Article Headline	Preamble
December 2004 Issue No. 154	Croner.CCH Personnel Newsletter	Employee Assistance Programmes-never a better time to buy!	Paul Avis explains why he believes companies should consider offering an Employee Assistance Programme
October 2004	Occupational Health	Safety in Groups?	What role is there for OH professionals where Group Income Protection cover is used to manage absence?
15-Sep-2004	Personnel Zone HR Zone	Why 'Invest to Save' in employee health management?	Sickness, absence and disability management could be the last area of efficiency management and yet few organizations seem willing to invest in this area.
15-Sep-2004	Health & Safety Zone Publication	Integrated Healthcare: Achievable reality or not possible?	Paul Avis explores what is meant by the term Integrated healthcare and wonders how and when this should be delivered
September 2004	Employee Benefits Magazine	Answering absence woes	Absencia service helps to cut call centre Customer Interface's absence rate by 70%.
26-Jan-2004 Issue No. 61	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	Differently able - not disabled	Paul Avis looks at the business case for retention of disabled employees.
21-May-2004	Accounting Web Accounting Publication	Managing long term absence with Group Income Protection	Paul Avis explores long term absence management strategy and concludes that despite its complexity GIP insurance is the best route for both employer and employee.
25-Sep-2003 Issue No. 58	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	How to manage a sickness or disability event	Paul Avis of Employ-Mend explores the best way for an employer to manage a single-employee health scenario to ensure an expedient resolution and protect the employer from litigation.
25-Jun-2003 Issue No. 56	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	Real life in the disability world	Paul Avis, Sales and Marketing Director at Employ-Mend Ltd, shares some of his experiences in the real world of the complex area of employee health management.
06-May-2003 Issue No. 119	Croner.CCH Personnel Management Newsletter	PMI - health or wealth damage?	Paul Avis of Employ-Mend suggests that there are alternatives to insured schemes as such benefits may now be going the way of final salary schemes: too expensive to maintain.
06-Jan-2003 Issue No. 111	Croner.CCH Personnel Management Newsletter	Absence management - the tougher line is coming	Paul Avis from Employ-Mend highlights some of the ways in which employers will be driven to improve absence manage processes or face even greater problems in the future.
17-Oct-2002 Issue No. 49	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	FRS 17 - what's it got to do with disability?	Good news for disability equality coming from the impact of FRS 17 at a time when many employers are reviewing , amending and closing their final salary pension schemes.
Jan-2002 Issue No. 41	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	The current world of UK disability	Paul Avis of Employ-Mend identifies the key drivers behind government policy and explores the future implications for employers will be what flexibility is open to them.
Jan-2001 Issue No. 31	Croner.CCH Disability Newsletter	Disability - the real diversity and equal opportunities challenge	Review of developments in disability law and practice and how these impact on disabled employees.

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