Stress
Cost of poor mental health to employers up 16% in three years, argues report
The cost of poor mental health to employers has risen by 16% over the past three years, research by Deloitte...
One in four would risk health for their job
A quarter of workers would put their own health at risk to ensure a work task is completed, according to...
More employees will look for new jobs in 2020
More than half of workers could be on the move to a new employer this year – up 8% on...
Alcohol & drug misuse
Commission calls for evidence on how alcohol harms working lives
Health professionals are being asked to supply evidence on the effects alcohol has on health and any changes needed to...
Top 10 HR questions November 2019: IR35, Christmas parties and PILON
Pending a review announced by chancellor Sajid Javid, reforms to the IR35 rules are due to be extended to the...
PwC cracks down on office drinking
Consulting firm PwC has introduced new rules around when and where employees can drink alcohol in the office.
Under the...
Sickness absence
April 2020 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published
The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick...
Employees’ money worries ‘costing employers billions’
Financial worries are costing employers billions every year in absenteeism, lost productivity and turnover costs – but organisations are doing...
Poll highlights misunderstanding about cancer survival rates
The majority of people think that cancer patients cannot live for years after their diagnosis, research has found.
According to...
Fit notes
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...
Bupa and Optima Health partner to bolster occupational health access
Health insurance and healthcare provider Bupa has partnered with OH provider Optima Health in a move designed to expand access...
Top 10 HR questions July 2019: Spent convictions
There are limits to the circumstances in which employers can take a candidate’s past criminal convictions into account when deciding...
Mental health
Cost of poor mental health to employers up 16% in three years, argues report
The cost of poor mental health to employers has risen by 16% over the past three years, research by Deloitte...
The Employer’s Guide to Financial Wellbeing 2019-20
PROMOTED | Last year, more than a third (36%) of UK employees admitted to having financial worries...
Businesses focus on emotional and financial wellbeing
Emotional and financial wellbeing programmes are gaining impetus in terms of companies’ strategic focus.
