Work can have a significant impact on people’s mental health. Employers can help to foster a mentally healthy workplace, for example by taking action to prevent and manage stress and training line managers on mental wellbeing.
Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health during 2022-23, with work-related stress absence still...
As many as 3.7 million people are struggling with a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or amount of...
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a ‘Back to Work’ plan that aims to move thousands of people...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has set up a commission to address “the pressing health threat” of loneliness.
The Commission...
An employment tribunal has ruled that stress can be considered disability without a formal mental health diagnosis from a doctor.
The government has rejected calls by MPs to invest more in supporting the mental health of people living in rural communities, especially farmers.
Ostracism at work weakens employees' job satisfaction, creates negative perceptions of their health, and increases stress, research has found.
The government has pledged to invest £5m to expand the NHS’s network of hubs delivering earlier mental health support for children and young adults.
What are the factors influencing mental health in the construction sector? Here are some of the most common stressors.
These activities, compiled by Professor Anne Harriss, are designed to complement our Mental health in the construction sector CPD article....
Research shows a significant gap in how employers and employees perceive the financial wellbeing support on offer.
Burnout interventions at work often fail to address the problem. What organisational factors need to be changed?
More than half of employees (54%) say they are experiencing burnout, according to research published ahead of this week’s National...
Conflict conversations can cause anxiety, bu tcan be managed in ways that minimise stress for all involved, writes Alexandra Efthymiades.
