A growing number of UK employees are now legally using medical cannabis to manage conditions such as chronic pain, anxiety...
Nic Paton

Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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Employer awareness, understanding and compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress risk assessment requirements remains “worryingly” low, a poll...
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Demand from employees for support around mental ill health rose by 10% in the weeks following Mental Health Awareness Week...
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‘Polygamous working’, or secretly holding down more than one full-time job, may be on the rise, especially with remote or...
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Data highlights positive link between group income support and return to work
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonNearly three-quarters of workers (72%) who had to take time off for illness last year but were also working for...
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Four in 10 women feel that the impact of period pain and menstrual symptoms has knocked their pay and progression...
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Almost half of cancer carers (48%) say they felt pressure to return to work as soon as possible after taking...
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Three-quarters of healthcare workers (76%) prioritise access to mental health support when evaluating job opportunities, a poll has argued.
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Academics, unions and charities have combined to call on the government to carry out a comprehensive review of parental leave,...
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The government is set to announce plans to restrict work and visa applications from nationalities that it is felt are...
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Nearly two-thirds (65%) of school leaders and head teachers say their mental health has been harmed in the previous 12...
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More than half of workers (53%) waste up to two hours a day simply trying to find information critical to...
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Employers are being urged to take a more active role in addressing loneliness inside and outside the workplace.
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Millions of people in the UK are at risk of reaching retirement significantly ‘under-pensioned’, a report has warned.
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Almost half (42%) of the UK workforce wants to be given access to sabbaticals, with demand being driven by rising...