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.
Employers should be legally required to offer mental health first aid training, an MP has proposed.
There has been an increase in the number of workers experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm, according to a survey.
Many chefs still see pain as 'a medal of honour', a study has suggested, including deliberate burnings, physical abuse and bullying.
Social prescribing can help to lower the use of psychotropic, antihypertensive and asthma medication in urban environments,
Research published on 'Blue Monday' finds a third of employees have struggled on with work despite issues with their mental health.
What can EAP usage and ROI data tell employers about employee wellbeing?
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are reporting surging demand for their services as employees struggle to cope with the cost-of-living crisis,...
Rehabilitating people while they’re still in work will usually more than pay for itself, argues Malcolm Smith.
Anticipated ‘legacy’ benefits of increased adult participation in sports and exercise from the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics have failed to materialise.
Analyst company Gartner has issued its top 2023 predictions for HR leaders, and the appearance of hybrid working and expanding...
Many employees are seeing their bills rising, real pay falling, and their health and wellbeing worsening.
As we rapidly approach the shortest day of the year (21 December), reduced sunlight combined with extra pressure from the...
Even before the current freezing weather, more than four out of 10 people felt the cost-of-living crisis was affecting their...
Stress, depression and anxiety accounted for half of the work-related ill health cases in 2021/22, according to the latest health...
