Employers are being urged to ensure that any group risk benefits they offer do not exacerbate any pay differences.
Group risk benefits generally offer financial pay-outs as a multiple or percentage of salary.
Typically, group life benefits are paid as a lump sum or as a survivor’s pension, group income protection benefits are payable via payroll as reduced salary, and group critical illness benefits are paid as a lump sum.
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