Stress
Can I wear headphones when we get back to the office?
Whether it’s to drown out the sound of children fighting or a way to aid concentration when working from home,...
French worker awarded €40,000 because his job was boring
An employee of a luxury perfumes manufacturer has been awarded €40,000 in compensation by a French court after it was...
Two-thirds experiencing disturbed nights and sleep problems during lockdown
The lockdown is having a considerable effect on workers’ sleeping habits, with almost two-thirds (63%) of people reporting that the...
Alcohol & drug misuse
Putting workplace drug and alcohol testing in the spotlight
How effective is random drug and alcohol testing, especially outside the safety-critical environment? And with cannabis oils now complicating the...
One in four turns to alcohol to cope with work pressure, especially when working from home
Employees are more likely to turn to alcohol when experiencing work-related stress at home than switch off their work phone,...
Smokers urged to quit to reduce risk of coronavirus complications
Smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be urged to stop smoking immediately or risk complications if they contract...
Sickness absence
Occupational health practitioners: look after yourselves, as well as the workforce
With workload and pressures spiralling for occupational health both inside and outside the NHS, Neil Loach argues it is vital...
Domestic abuse review to consider salary advances and unplanned leave
The government is considering how victims of domestic abuse can be better supported by their employers and is looking at...
Presenteeism rife under lockdown, driven by redundancy and workload worries
More than one in three employees (35%) has continued to work while feeling unwell during lockdown, with many feeling that...
Fit notes
Workplace health Green Paper now expected ‘later this year’
The government’s workplace health Green Paper is now expected to be published “later this year”, the Department for Work and...
Rise in stress-related fit notes prompts call to investigate causes
Employers have been urged to do more to uncover the root causes of absence, after it was revealed the number...
Top 10 HR questions October 2019: Right to be accompanied
Should employers give employees the right to be accompanied to meetings under a redundancy procedure?
Such a meeting could ultimately...
Mental health
Saying goodbye to outdated shift scheduling will avoid NHS burnout
Another pandemic could be about to hit the NHS – staff burnout. Dr Anas Nader explains how embracing flexible working...
People seriously ill with coronavirus face PTSD risk, doctors warn
People who were seriously ill with coronavirus and needed hospital treatment should be screened for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and...
How new job titles reveal radical shift in wellbeing thinking
The rise of new job roles is an indicator of the rapid transformations that businesses are undergoing as they adapt to a future with coronavirus.
