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Mental health

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.


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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Employee Benefits Awards 2022 deadline fast approaching

    by Zoe Wickens 6 Jan 2022
    by Zoe Wickens 6 Jan 2022

    Time is running out to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, as the extended entry deadline...

    • Latest News
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    BrewDog to expand HR in response to work culture allegations

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2021

    Independent review finds that problems at the beer company had largely been caused by its rapid growth and lack of leadership experience.

    • Stress
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Royal Mail absences almost double pre-pandemic level

    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2021
    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2021

    Royal Mail is experiencing staff absence rates around twice pre-pandemic levels, with many employees off because of stress or Covid-19,...

    • Fit for Work
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Anxiety

    Drink, drugs and self-harming – health challenges in construction laid bare

    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021

    UK construction workers are turning to drink, non-prescription drugs use and even self-harming because of high levels of mental distress,...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Domestic abuse is everyone’s business – which is why workplaces should do more

    by Lisa Davis 10 Dec 2021
    by Lisa Davis 10 Dec 2021

    Domestic abuse is too rarely discussed in the work environment yet its effects can be highly damaging to employees and their colleagues.

    • Hybrid working
    • Stress
    • Anxiety

    OH urged to step up support during Covid ‘plan B’ measures

    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021

    Occupational health professionals are being urged to be proactive in helping employers make the transition to the government’s ‘plan B’...

    • Testing
    • Coronavirus
    • Health and safety

    Should a ‘chief health officer’ be your next c-suite hire?

    by Alex Sheppard 7 Dec 2021
    by Alex Sheppard 7 Dec 2021

    With the arrival of the Omicron variant making the pandemic recovery more complicated, and candidates actively seeking organisations that can...

    • Coronavirus
    • Business performance
    • Climate emergency

    Covid, climate change and infodemic set to disrupt in 2022

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Nov 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Nov 2021

    Predictions for 2022-23 made by leading global business continuity organisation.

    • Anxiety
    • Coronavirus
    • Depression

    Burnout and mental ill health rife within universities

    by Nic Paton 22 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 22 Nov 2021

    Depression, stress, anxiety, burnout, overwork and poor work-life balance are rife within universities, a damning report on staff wellbeing within...

    • Stress
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Stockbroker to allow unlimited holiday to stop burnout

    by Jo Faragher 19 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 19 Nov 2021

    Staff at stockbroking firm FinnCap will be able to take unlimited holiday from next year in a bid to prevent...

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Four ways to get men to engage with mental health support at work

    by Jacky Gerald 15 Nov 2021
    by Jacky Gerald 15 Nov 2021

    Men are still too often ‘hard to reach’ when it comes to opening up about their mental health and accessing...

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions

    Why health, as well as pay, needs to be at the heart of haulage industry reform

    by Emily Pearson 8 Nov 2021
    by Emily Pearson 8 Nov 2021

    This autumn’s HGV driver shortages have led to a long-overdue discussion about the need to improve pay and working conditions...

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Four ways to spot, and avoid, occupational burnout

    by Clare Price 3 Nov 2021
    by Clare Price 3 Nov 2021

    On National Stress Awareness Day, and as we head into an intensely challenging winter for all health professionals, including occupational...

    • Hybrid working
    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health

    More than a fifth feel isolated working from home

    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2021

    More than a fifth of employees feel being isolated in a home office during the pandemic has had a negative...

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Coronavirus

    Healthcare PTSD reported during pandemic often pre-dated Covid-19

    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021

    While some post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic was specifically related to their experience of Covid-19,...

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