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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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    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Data highlights positive link between group income support and return to work

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025

    Nearly three-quarters of workers (72%) who had to take time off for illness last year but were also working for...

    • Reproductive health
    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence

    Period pain and absence harm women’s pay and progression

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025

    Four in 10 women feel that the impact of period pain and menstrual symptoms has knocked their pay and progression...

    • Absence
    • Compassionate leave
    • Cancer

    Cancer carers feel pressure to return to work early

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025

    Almost half of cancer carers (48%) say they felt pressure to return to work as soon as possible after taking...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    Healthcare workers prioritise mental health support in new jobs

    by Nic Paton 12 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 May 2025

    Three-quarters of healthcare workers (76%) prioritise access to mental health support when evaluating job opportunities, a poll has argued.
    The...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    Government urged to commit to wholesale review of parental leave

    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025

    Academics, unions and charities have combined to call on the government to carry out a comprehensive review of parental leave,...

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Global mobility

    Government could limit work visas for some nationalities

    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025

    The government is set to announce plans to restrict work and visa applications from nationalities that it is felt are...

    • Stress
    • Education
    • Occupational Health

    Two-thirds of school leaders suffering mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025

    Nearly two-thirds (65%) of school leaders and head teachers say their mental health has been harmed in the previous 12...

    • Latest News
    • Information & consultation
    • Knowledge management

    Half of workers waste two hours a day looking for stuff

    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 May 2025

    More than half of workers (53%) waste up to two hours a day simply trying to find information critical to...

    • Hybrid working
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    Employers urged to do more to tackle loneliness

    by Nic Paton 1 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 1 May 2025

    Employers are being urged to take a more active role in addressing loneliness inside and outside the workplace.
    Research from...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Retirement

    Millions at risk of retiring under-pensioned

    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025

    Millions of people in the UK are at risk of reaching retirement significantly ‘under-pensioned’, a report has warned.
    The research...

    • Mental health
    • Latest News
    • Career breaks

    Increasing burnout fuelling demand for sabbaticals

    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025

    Almost half (42%) of the UK workforce wants to be given access to sabbaticals, with demand being driven by rising...

    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    ‘Healthy work’ about much more than access to EAPs, employers told

    by Nic Paton 28 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Apr 2025

    Creating a healthy workplace has to be about much more than just buying in external services such as employee assistance...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News

    Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness

    by Nic Paton 28 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Apr 2025

    A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce.
    The interactive...

    • Change management
    • Employee relations
    • Employee engagement

    Four ways HR can maintain trust in uncertain times

    by Nic Paton 23 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 23 Apr 2025

    Between the prospect of a global trade war around tariffs, volatile financial markets, and collapsing trust in many of our...

    • Latest News
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management

    Half a million more now have access to group risk support – report

    by Nic Paton 23 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 23 Apr 2025

    The number of people able to access workplace-based group risk policies rose by more than half a million last year,...

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