Sickness absence management

The economy could be boosted by more than 65 million working hours each year if employee assistance programmes (EAPs) were...

If the government is serious about stemming the flow of those suffering with ill health from leaving the labour market,...

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 employees say they have cried because of work issues, and 58% have considered quitting their job as a...

Some 37,000 people off work because of long-term sickness have successfully been removed from NHS waiting lists and helped back...

As many as one in four young people have considered leaving the workforce in the past year, with mental ill...

There is a “significant” gap in perceptions and expectations around health and wellbeing benefits between employers and employees, a survey...

People with mental ill health need to be better supported at work rather than “written off”, the Society of Occupational...

As many as one in seven NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of...

A fifth of bereaved employees (21%) would have liked more time off to manage and work through their grief.

A more proactive approach to employee health could prevent 100,000 people from falling out of work over the next five...

Five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and wellbeing is still being felt, especially on...

The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.

Employers need to be better at recognising, and supporting, the differing physical and mental health needs of women throughout their...

A third of NHS doctors (35%) are so tired that their ability to treat patients is impaired, according to a report from the Medical Defence Union.