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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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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Call for more support for young workers, as jobs market remains challenging

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025

    Employers and the government are being urged to do more to support young people enter, and stay in, employment, as...

    • NHS
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Violence against A&E staff has doubled, warns RCN

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025

    Staff in accident and emergency departments are being exposed to punching, spitting and acid attack threats, among a range of...

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Employees voting with feet as return-to-office pressure increases – CIPD

    by Nic Paton 15 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Jul 2025

    More than a million people have changed jobs because of a lack of flexibility, as half of UK employees feel...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Public sector

    Postmasters could take ownership of Post Office

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    Postmasters could take over the running and ownership of the Post Office, the government has suggested, under plans to reimagine...

    • Hospitality
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Food sector warned it is facing a workforce ‘ticking timebomb’

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    Labour shortages and skills gaps are creating “a ticking workforce timebomb” for the UK’s food industry, a report has warned....

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Latest News

    Two-thirds drink to cope with work stress and insecurity

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    Almost two-thirds (64%) of UK workers admit to drinking alcohol for work-related reasons, primarily to cope with job stress, pressure...

    • Fit for Work
    • Latest News
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Three-quarters more likely to stay with employer who supports wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    More than three-quarters of employees (79%) say they would be more likely to stay with an employer who provides them...

    • Benefits
    • Construction
    • Manufacturing

    Engineers prioritising benefits over pay

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    More than half of engineering professionals would happily trade higher salaries for better benefits, more meaningful roles or improved work-life...

    • NHS
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Doctors vote for return to strike action

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a return to strike action,...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    ‘Frustrating’ that NHS Plan has overlooked OH, warns SOM

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    Health secretary Wes Streeting has been warned his 10-Year Health Plan for England for the NHS has missed a golden...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Four in 10 call centre workers to quit because of poor wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    Four out of 10 call centre workers (40%) say they expect to have to quit their role because of poor...

    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution
    • Discipline and grievances

    Employment Rights Bill set to ban employer NDAs

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    The government has confirmed that employers will be banned through the Employment Rights Bill from ‘gagging’ workers who have suffered...

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
    • Military

    Aircrew with cancer pursuing MoD for compensation – report

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025

    Some 180 current and former armed forces’ aircrew with cancer are pursuing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for compensation because...

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Equal pay

    Living wage pushes up spring pay settlements

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025

    Pay settlements nudged up slightly in the three months to May, research has suggested, primarily driven by this year’s rise...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News

    Third in north west fear ill health will force them from workforce

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025

    More than a third of workers (35%) in the north-west of England fear deteriorating health and ill health could force...

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