The number of working days lost to asthma and respiratory illnesses has soared since the pandemic, with a 153% increase...
Sickness absence management
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Four research projects aiming to reduce health-related economic inactivity and ill-health worklessness are to get a £7m cash injection between...
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Workers in their forties and fifties are becoming less likely to do regular exercise, so potentially storing up health problems...
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More than eight in 10 shift workers report poor mental health, along with seven out of 10 hospitality workers, research has suggested.
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Nearly seven in 10 builders have suspected a colleague is seriously depressed yet have felt it was ‘too difficult’ to...
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Hybrid workers take fewer sick days, are less stressed, are more able to access regular health check-ups, and report better...
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We may be just three months into 2025 but already more than a third of working Britons have experienced burnout,...
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Army bomb disposal veterans may have a significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer compared with the general public, according...
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People struggling with breathing difficulties are being forced to make as many as five trips to A&E before bringing their...
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The economy could be boosted by more than 65 million working hours each year if employee assistance programmes (EAPs) were...
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If the government is serious about stemming the flow of those suffering with ill health from leaving the labour market,...
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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.
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Half of employees say they have cried because of work issues, and 58% have considered quitting their job as a...
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Some 37,000 people off work because of long-term sickness have successfully been removed from NHS waiting lists and helped back...
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One in four young people considering leaving work because of mental ill health
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs many as one in four young people have considered leaving the workforce in the past year, with mental ill...