Two-thirds of school leaders suffering mental ill health
Stress for HR specialists greater at larger organisations
The results from a survey of over 270 UK HR decision makers suggests that most (94%) are affected by work stress and find at least one aspect of their job stressful.
‘Healthy work’ about much more than access to EAPs, employers told
Creating a healthy workplace has to be about much more than just buying in external services such as employee assistance...
Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness
A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce.
The interactive...
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and...
How to help employees quit vaping before new ban comes into effect
Workplace habits, including vaping breaks, can make it difficult for employees to overcome nicotine addiction. By using the forthcoming vaping...
NHS urging people to check for cancer warning signs
People check their bank balance more frequently than they do their body for possible warning signs of cancer, an NHS...
Call for better mental health support for NHS workers
Psychiatrists have called on the government to put in place better mental health support for NHS frontline staff.
The call...
NHS to expand GP scheme enabling greater access to community care
The government is expanding a scheme to enable people to access healthcare in the community or closer to their homes...
Computer says no: IT woes giving employees sleepless nights
Technology remains one of the biggest stressors in the workplace, a poll has argued, with more than half of workers...
Wellbeing and health promotion
Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness
A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce.
The interactive...
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and...
NHS to expand GP scheme enabling greater access to community care
The government is expanding a scheme to enable people to access healthcare in the community or closer to their homes...
Sickness absence management
Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness
A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce.
The interactive...
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and...
Half a million more now have access to group risk support – report
The number of people able to access workplace-based group risk policies rose by more than half a million last year,...
Musculoskeletal disorders
Gen X storing up health problems by failing to exercise
Workers in their forties and fifties are becoming less likely to do regular exercise, so potentially storing up health problems...
Keep Britain Working review urging employers to ‘tell us what works’
The Mayfield review is urging employers and workplace health professionals to engage with it about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to healthcare interventions.
Half of adults globally set to be obese or overweight by 2050, warns shocking new study
More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by...
Return to work and rehabilitation
Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness
A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce.
The interactive...
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and...
Half a million more now have access to group risk support – report
The number of people able to access workplace-based group risk policies rose by more than half a million last year,...