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.
How can HR go the extra mile to ensure that redundant employees are treated fairly and respectfully during a stressful and challenging time?
There has been a significant increase in prescribing of anxiety medication by health professionals over the past decade, a study has suggested.
The government has been told it needs to take 'urgent and concerted' action to address the causes of poor mental health among young Black men in the UK.
Organisational purpose is a topic that continues to fascinate me. My assumption is that businesses founded since the advent of...
Recent guidance recommended the promotion of mindfulness training to help develop mentally healthy workplaces, but what does this mean in...
Wellbeing support in UK businesses is 'far from optimal', and stands to worsen if employers go through with plans to weaken the support the offer post-pandemic.
Employers are so focused on managing and supporting stress and mental ill health in the workplace that they risk overlooking...
More than two-thirds (68%) of UK shift workers feel the hours they work or the pattern of their roster is...
Mental health services received a record 4.3 million referrals during 2021, research has argued, illustrating the ongoing intense pressure on...
The workforce needs to build resilience to ensure it is ready to face potential future disasters that may dwarf the impact Covid-19 has had, a House of Lords report has suggested.
Providing uninterrupted, stepped mental health counselling, care and support can transform outcomes for adults with anorexia nervosa, a study has suggested.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed changes to its rules that would explicitly require law firms to challenge employees who...
Two out of three employees feel their mental health has worsened in relation to work over the past year, a poll has concluded.
Sectors that made a wholesale pivot to home working during the pandemic experienced much sharper increases in mental ill health...
A ‘gender health gap’ persists in the UK, with women less likely than men to receive ‘proper’ health monitoring and treatment.
