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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.


    • USA
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect staff from harmful content

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2020

    Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to a group of workers who claimed they received little psychological support after...

    • Stress
    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions

    One in four construction workers has thought about suicide

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2020

    One in four (26%) construction workers contemplated suicide last year, according to trade body The Chartered Institute of Building.
    Even...

    • Stress
    • Coronavirus
    • Constructive dismissal

    ‘Businesses must be vigilant on employee stress as lockdown eases’

    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2020

    Companies should not impose the same targets and expectations as they did before lockdown, warns a leading employment lawyer.

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Stress

    More employees felt positive than negative in April, despite lockdown

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 May 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 May 2020

    There were more employees who felt mentally and emotionally positive during April than felt negative, despite the coronavirus restrictions imposed...

    • Coronavirus
    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions

    World Day for Safety and Health at Work: think about moving forward

    by Dr Yvette Martyn 28 Apr 2020
    by Dr Yvette Martyn 28 Apr 2020

    On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Dr Yvette Martyn reflects on what can be learnt following...

    • Stress
    • Coronavirus
    • Stress

    Half of health staff say mental health has deteriorated because of coronavirus pressures

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Apr 2020

    Half of health professionals battling the coronavirus say their mental health has deteriorated over the past few weeks, with younger...

    • Stress
    • Cancer
    • Financial wellbeing

    Maximise use of health and wellbeing benefits available at home, employers urged

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2020

    Organisations have been urged not to overlook the health and wellbeing benefits available for employees at home, with many providers...

    • Stress
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management

    Three-quarters of workers’ productivity affected as they wait for health appointments

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2020

    More than three-quarters (77%) of employees admit their productivity has declined because of the health symptoms they have experienced while...

    • Written statement of employment particulars
    • Case law
    • Employment law

    Hairdresser wins £20k after being asked to clean up dog excrement

    by Rob Moss 21 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 21 Apr 2020

    A hairdresser has been awarded £20,000 at an employment tribunal after her boss asked her to pick up excrement in...

    • Coronavirus
    • Stress
    • NHS

    NHS adopting military trauma techniques for coronavirus fight

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Apr 2020

    The NHS is adapting trauma support techniques often used in military settings for use on the frontline of the coronavirus...

    • Depression
    • Mental health conditions
    • Health and safety

    Long hours and poor environment leave health and wellbeing of maritime workers all at sea

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Apr 2020

    The health and wellbeing of people working in safety-critical industries, such as seafaring, is hugely dependent on their role, working...

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Coronavirus

    Mental health first aiders – creating a virtual ‘culture of care’ during the coronavirus crisis

    by Personnel Today 14 Apr 2020
    by Personnel Today 14 Apr 2020

    Challenging scenarios as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic are playing out in businesses across the country, in turn creating...

    • Coronavirus
    • Stress
    • Clinical governance

    Coronavirus: a time for occupational health to find positives?

    by Nick Pahl 9 Apr 2020
    by Nick Pahl 9 Apr 2020

    The Covid-19 pandemic has been, and continues to be, a challenging time for all professionals, not least those in occupational...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Financial wellbeing

    Just 1% ‘never’ experience work-related stress, finds survey

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Apr 2020

    Just 1% of employees claim never to experience work-related stress, a survey conducted for Stress Awareness Month this month (April)...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Stress

    Financial services staff ‘more stressed than in 2008 financial crisis’

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2020

    The number of stress-related absences in financial services in the past few years had risen to their highest level since...

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