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.
According to Prospect, two-thirds of remote workers want to see a new “right to disconnect” enshrined in law.
Barclays has told junior staff to take Saturdays off and book at least two five-day periods of annual leave a year in order to avoid burnout.
Research among workers in the emergency services has found ambulance staff rate their mental health the most poorly.
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Fruit and snack hampers were not a company policy but were paid for by managers themselves.
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The NHS could see an exodus of staff unless leaders are given the resources needed to support their wellbeing, the NHS Confederation has said.
The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has encouraged staff to ‘go the extra mile’, even if they feel they’ve reached their limit.
The £6.6 billion NHS funding package, announced by the government yesterday, will help the health service provide mental health and...
A quarter of employees say their employer has not checked the state of their wellbeing during the pandemic, despite swathes...
Junior bankers at Goldman Sachs have claimed that they are working 95 hours a week on average.
