• Legal & General published an absence-management market analysis for UK employers, positioning income protection as a platform for earlier intervention.
• Research showed 82% of employees want proactive return-to-work support following illness; 49% want it offered as standard.
• Employer survey found 94% would value more adviser or insurer support on wellbeing and absence management.
• Early intervention and return-to-work planning ranked top support needs at 44%, matched by benefit communications at 44%.
• Chief Medical Officer report framed a strategic inflection point for income protection, citing vocational rehabilitation as a lever to shorten absences.

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