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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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    What do welfare reforms mean for employers?

    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2025
    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2025

    Rob Moss explores the Pathways to Work green paper and examines the possible implications for employers.

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    One in four young people considering leaving work because of mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 17 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 17 Mar 2025

    As many as one in four young people have considered leaving the workforce in the past year, with mental ill...

    • Hybrid working
    • Stress
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    People feel less comfortable to ‘be themselves’ at work

    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2025

    There has been a decline in how ‘safe’ people feel at work, according to a new study by Mental Health First Aid England and Henley Business School.

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Older workers suffering a ‘silent mental health crisis’

    by Nic Paton 28 Feb 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Feb 2025

    A third of workers aged 55 and over (32%) have taken time off sick with poor mental health, with older...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Mental health

    Investing in health key to kickstarting growth, argues think-tank

    by Nic Paton 24 Feb 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Feb 2025

    Investing in people’s health, both physical and mental, is a key way the government will be able to stimulate sustained...

    • Financial wellbeing
    • Mental health
    • Obesity

    Frontline staff should be trained to discuss health issues

    by Nic Paton 21 Feb 2025
    by Nic Paton 21 Feb 2025

    People working in public-facing roles should be trained to have conversations about physical and mental health with customers.

    • Stress
    • Age
    • NHS

    Early careers NHS staff increasingly unhappy at work

    by Rob Moss 20 Feb 2025
    by Rob Moss 20 Feb 2025

    NHS clinical staff in their early careers have become more stressed and unhappy over the past decade, according to analysyis of staff surveys.

    • Anxiety
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Half of UK employees suffer anxiety at work

    by Zoe Wickens 11 Feb 2025
    by Zoe Wickens 11 Feb 2025

    Half of employees admit they regularly experience anxiety at work due to workloads, time pressures, and balancing professional and personal lives.

    • Stress
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    • Economics, government & business

    Liz Kendall: some on benefits are ‘taking the mickey‘

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025

    Liz Kendall: ‘Despite all the myths, a lot of people who are currently on sickness or disability benefits want to work’

    • Disability discrimination
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    • Mental health

    Worker wanting to WFH from Pakistan was unfairly dismissed

    by Rob Moss 4 Feb 2025
    by Rob Moss 4 Feb 2025

    Software developer refused her request to WFH in Pakistan unfairly dismissed by employer after it failed to provide sufficient notice.

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Acas on Blue Monday: ‘Mental health is a year-round issue’

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025

    Conciliation service Acas has urged employers to stay on top of mental health all year round rather than just on Blue Monday.

    • Stress
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    • Mental health

    Younger workers are more prone to burnout, finds study

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2025

    The past year has seen a sharp drop in the proportion of young workers who are prepared to confide in more senior members of staff over stress.

    • Nursery provision
    • Stress
    • Childcare

    Working parents increasingly stressed

    by Rob Moss 13 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 13 Jan 2025

    Working parents increasingly stressed as number of employees who say employer is highly supportive of family life falls by nearly a third.

    • Fit for Work
    • Counselling
    • Mental health conditions

    Workplaces urged to revisit and refresh first aid approaches in 2025

    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2025

    Workplaces are being urged to revisit and refresh their first aid practices and approaches as UK plc reopens for business...

    • Latest News
    • Mental health
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    Tackling mental health with a ‘culture-first’ strategy 

    by Stuart Cheesman 2 Jan 2025
    by Stuart Cheesman 2 Jan 2025

    Nurturing a positive organisational culture is essential to effectively tackle employees' mental health struggles, says Stuart Cheesman.

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