Occupational Health

HR and employee wellbeing researcher Stephen Bevan has passed away. He had a career than spanned more than 40 years.

Spiralling sickness absence is spurring more employers to recognise they may need to invest in workplace health support, with more...

The UK is lagging decades behind other countries when it comes to cancer survival rates, a charity has warned.
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More than a million UK workers feel forced to work when ill, with such presenteeism largely the result of being...

Three-quarters have worked while unwell in the past year, with many staff feeling pressured to press on without taking sickness absence.

A membership body that aims to support mental health first aiders has been launched.

New guidance on safe working to prevent silicosis in kitchen worktop manufacture has been published by BOHS.

Sleep problems are among the biggest threats to employee wellbeing and productivity, but are often overlooked by organisations.

Almost half of adults in the UK have struggled to get their prescriptions, and more are now blaming Brexit than...

As many in the UK are gearing up for summer getaways, European countries are warning they are seeing rising cases...

More than eight out of 10 employers that offer an employee assistance programme report take-up as low as 3%-5%, according to a poll.

Offering flu jabs through the workplace could save employers as much as £87 a year per employee, research has suggested.

Hybrid workers are more motivated, productive and less likely to be feeling burnt out, research has found.

Next UK government should look at what is really driving long-term absence – the shortcomings in workplace health support and the broken sick pay system.

Commitments to the occupational health profession or access to OH support are absent from the major political parties' general election manifestos.