Stress
The law and mental health in the workplace
Employers must get to grips with mental health in the workplace with politicians focusing on the issue and recent case...
How coaching staff can help them deal with change and stress
Coaching employees experiencing mental health problems at work can not only prevent and manage stress, but help people flourish, says...
How would scrapping the 12-month mental health requirement affect employers?
Proposed changes by the Conservatives could see people with shorter-term mental health issues protected by disability discrimination laws. Yvonne Gallagher...
Alcohol & drug misuse
Workplace wellbeing strategies linked to HR goals are on the rise
Higher numbers of employers have adopted workplace wellbeing strategies in the past year than in previous years and they are...
GPs gain support for mental ill-health and addiction
A new service designed to offer support to GPs and GP trainees suffering from mental ill health and addiction has...
Liquid lunches: can an employer stop staff drinking during working hours?
Employees at Lloyd’s of London have been banned from drinking alcohol during the working day, it has been reported.
Alcohol...
Sickness absence
Payment for leave not taken carries over, says ECJ legal advice
If an employer does not provide a worker with paid leave, that worker’s right to it carries over until they...
Top 10 HR questions May 2017: Some other substantial reason
Perhaps the general election means that the collective HR consciousness has its mind elsewhere, or maybe it’s the effect of...
Short-term sickness absence policy: a 15-step guide for HR
Putting together a short-term sickness absence policy can be one of the most daunting tasks an HR professional can face....
Fit notes
Short-term sickness absence policy: a 15-step guide for HR
Putting together a short-term sickness absence policy can be one of the most daunting tasks an HR professional can face....
Long-term sickness absence policy: a 16-step guide for HR
A watertight long-term sickness absence policy can give employees who are off work for an extended period the best chance...
Fit notes: occupational health practitioners respond to government proposals for reform
The Government has announced a major review of statutory sick pay, fit notes and the role employers can play in...
Mental health
The law and mental health in the workplace
Employers must get to grips with mental health in the workplace with politicians focusing on the issue and recent case...
How coaching staff can help them deal with change and stress
Coaching employees experiencing mental health problems at work can not only prevent and manage stress, but help people flourish, says...
Tory manifesto: National retraining, NI holidays and more gap reporting
Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....
