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.
On World Mental Health Day, HR teams have been reminded of the scale of the mental ill health “epidemic” and...
Jobcentre Plus employees have been advised to tell people looking for work to hide mental health issues with terms such...
Almost a third (30%) of employers think mandatory reporting of workplace mental health statistics would help make organisations more accountable...
Almost one in five engineers has lost a colleague to suicide, while more than a fifth have had to take...
Only organisation-wide interventions will help protect the wellbeing of doctors and avoid “endemic” burnout“ within the NHS, according to a...
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is set to publish the criteria required for it to begin an investigation into...
Poor practices and cultures are contributing to the “psychological harm” of employees, with 39% of UK workers suffering symptoms of...
Many workers who feel stressed are turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms such as alcohol and “stress eating” rather than seeking...
Only a fifth of employers have met the first of the “core standards” recommended by a government-commissioned report into improving...
A Co-op funded report has called for government action to prevent crime against retail workers, claiming it has reached ‘epidemic’...
Organisations are training record numbers of employees in mental health first aid in order to combat rising reports of stress,...
Four in 10 men who struggle with their mental health feel unable to talk to their manager about it because...
More than a third (34%) of staff claim they feel under “extreme” pressure or have panic attacks because of the...
There has been a surge in the number of workers on the Hinkley Point C construction project who are grappling...
Homeworking is often thought as an easy solution to workplace stress, long hours and exhausting commutes. In fact, apart from...
