Coronavirus

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, nurses and midwives were reporting high levels of work-related stress, burnout and mental ill health....

Fifth of doctors consume “potentially hazardous” levels of alcohol
Twenty per cent of doctors in a survey of 109 working...

While many make a relatively swift recovery from Covid-19, for others, especially those who have been hospitalised, it is increasingly...

With both the government and employers now firmly focused on encouraging workers out of home-working and back into physical workplaces,...

The class of 2020 is facing one of the most challenging jobs markets ever experienced, with reports suggesting graduate schemes...

Progress in addressing gender inequality has stalled during the lockdown, but the new ways of working it has bought could...

The risks faced by healthcare workers treating patients with viruses that can be transmitted through the air have been highlighted...

Nearly six out of 10 healthcare workers (59%) seen in occupational skin disease clinics set up during the Covid-19 pandemic...

The intense stresses and strains of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic sparked the highest rates of sickness absence among NHS...

The government and the rail industry are working to introduce flexible season tickets to encourage employees to return to the...

Employers can now apply to offer fully-subsidised work placements to 16- to 24-year olds under the government’s Kickstart scheme –...

The UK’s median absence rate has risen slightly meaning that the typical employee now takes 6.4 days off sick each...

The summer holiday season raised questions for employers about the impact of self-isolating and quarantining after returning from abroad. A...

Introducing a four-day working week with no loss of pay in the public sector would create up to half a...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme continues to wind down today, with employers now having to contribute to furloughed workers’ wages....