Wellbeing

Almost half of employees say that work-life balance is their most important priority, according to a poll by Reward Gateway|Edenred.

For many involved with the survey, the pandemic had prompted a reappraisal of attitudes towards work and work-life balance.

Only four in 10 employees would feel comfortable talking about suicide with a colleague, according to new data from MHFA England.

There needs to be a ‘step-change’ in how employers manage and prevent employee sickness, according to the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).

Risk assessments for employees who are deaf or have hearing loss may not always be straightforward. But, writes Dan Morgan-Williams,...

Long-term sickness from work persists at 2.78 million people in the UK. This is not simply a problem for those...

Average UK employee takes 9.4 days' sickness absence in 2025, a record high and a 62% increase on pre-pandemic levels, according to CIPD.

Rather than places where people are helped to find work, Jobcentres have “become centres for monitoring compliance with benefit conditions”,...

A finance and IT director who was diagnosed with cancer experienced harassment when he was denied a pay increase and...

DWP announces funding for Connect to Work to deliver tailored support to over 85,000 people in 15 areas of England.

People working with pesticides can be at higher risk of respiratory illnesses, and this may often go undiagnosed, research has...

A third of employees (34%) feel anxious about having a lack of trained first aiders in their workplace, according to...

August's top HR questions feature FAQs on employees' behaviour outside work, including criminality or being a member of an extreme group.

We profile the work done by all our finalists in the Personnel Today Awards 2025 health and wellbeing category.

A public sector four-day working week trial in Scotland has seen an increase in productivity and improvements in staff well-being.