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.
Homeworking is often thought as an easy solution to workplace stress, long hours and exhausting commutes. In fact, apart from...
More than half of people with a heart and circulatory condition have felt depressed or anxious as treatment-related worries, perceived...
All HR professionals are familiar with the stress and anxiety associated with a grievance or disciplinary process. Ashleigh Webber examines...
Eighty-eight per cent of organisations believe employees have taken sickness absence because of mental ill health over the past year,...
A landmark Supreme Court judgment could mean that people who find social situations debilitating will now be eligible to claim...
A trial of senior executives could lead to jail sentences over a wave of suicides as employees suffered appalling levels of workplace stress
Stress is like thirst or hunger; it’s a useful early warning system. But, just as thirst ignored can lead to...
Three-quarters of staff who have a mental health concern are reluctant to make use of support provided by their employer,...
Businesses should take a more proactive approach to their employees' health and help take the strain off the NHS.
Working long hours on a regular basis can increase the risk of stroke, according to a study.
People who worked...
Increasing paperwork, time pressures and a focus on meeting targets could mean that GPs are missing potentially life-threatening conditions, a...
Organisations need to be aware of the health challenges faced by younger employees and the impact this might have on...
With many staff keen to adopt healthier lifestyles, now is a good time for organisations to look at their wellbeing...
There has been a rise in the number of people self-harming, but more than half do not seek medical or...
Employers will need to become more aware of the needs of staff with neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD),...
