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Private medical insurance (PMI) is growing and changing in the UK as managed care affects the shape and cost of employer-paid medical insurance. While the recession did affect the growth of such benefits, they continue to grow faster than non-employer-paid coverage. A study by Laing & Buisson projects annual cost increases of 2.5% above inflation after 1995, but notes that this trend cannot continue indefinitely. It also predicts that those covered by PMI will make up 15.3% of the population in 2000, up from 11% in 1993.
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New sick pay, disability leave and incapacity rules in the United Kingdom will effect all employers and many employees receiving such pay. Overall, the new laws limit eligibility for invalidity and incapacity benefits and lessens the economic burden on employers who have large numbers of employees receiving such benefits. Employers will, however, be required to cover some of the lost benefits arising from a cut back in state support to those on sick and disability leave. The new laws are discussed in detail.
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A survey indicates that 53% of the employees on fixed-term contracts in the Spring 1996 sector, education and health. It also shows that many of these project-based or fixed-term contracts cover white-collar jobs. The number of temporary jobs as increased even though its proportion compared to the employed population as a whole is not significantly higher. Many of those on fixed-term contracts are in these jobs because of not being able to find a permanent job.
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