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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.


    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health

    Half of staff have experienced a mental health issue in their current role

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Sep 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Sep 2018

    Nearly half (48%) of people have experienced a mental health problem in their current job, yet only half of these...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Sickness absence management

    Absence for mental health up, while flu and gastro-related sick days fall

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Aug 2018

    Almost a three-quarters of a million more working days were lost in June and July because of mental health-related absence,...

    • Offices
    • Stress
    • Research

    Open plan office workers more active and less stressed than those who sit alone

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Aug 2018

    Staff in open plan offices are more likely to be active and have lower stress levels during their working day...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Latest News

    Offering yoga and meditation alone will not prevent stress

    by Robert McGreal 21 Aug 2018
    by Robert McGreal 21 Aug 2018

    Despite many employers turning to yoga and mindfulness classes to help relieve stress among their workforce, HSE’s Robert McGreal believes...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health
    • Employee Assistance Programmes

    Two-thirds don’t offer specific mental health support for workers abroad

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2018

    Just a third of businesses with staff who work abroad have a specific mental health policy in place, a survey...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health

    Nearly a third of employers report rise in time off for mental health

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Aug 2018

    Almost one in three businesses have seen an increase in the number of employees taking time off to cope with...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Wellbeing

    Staff contradict employers to state finance is biggest concern

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Aug 2018

    Financial wellbeing is employees’ biggest overall concern, research has found – although their employers suggest other issues, such as work-life...

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Productivity

    Action to alleviate rail chaos under way as commuter stress levels soar

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jul 2018
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jul 2018

    Northern rail has today reinstated 75% of the routes it had scrapped in the wake of botched timetable changes as,...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Latest News

    Nearly half of employees do nothing to tackle work-related stress

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jul 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jul 2018

    Almost half (48%) of workers in the UK do little or nothing to relieve work-related stress, a survey has found,...

    • Stress
    • Latest News

    Mental health support: moving beyond the hashtag

    by Gill Dix and Abigail Hirshman 16 Jul 2018
    by Gill Dix and Abigail Hirshman 16 Jul 2018

    A new framework from Acas has highlighted how employers, managers and individuals all have a role to play in tackling...

    • Mental health
    • Sickness absence
    • Wellbeing

    Toolkit seeks to help employers support domestic abuse victims

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2018

    Business in the Community (BITC) and Public Health England have released a toolkit which they hope will equip employers with...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    One in four delay seeking help for mental health because of misconceptions

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2018

    A quarter of people have delayed seeking help for a mental health condition because of inaccurate assumptions and poor knowledge...

    • Mental health
    • Webinars

    Managing mental health in the workplace (webinar)

    by Brightmine 28 Jun 2018
    by Brightmine 28 Jun 2018

    ON-DEMAND | It is important to have the strategies, tools and initiatives in place to promote good mental wellbeing...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Latest News

    Job stress can heighten risk of premature death in men

    by Jo Faragher 7 Jun 2018
    by Jo Faragher 7 Jun 2018

    Stressful jobs are more likely to lead to premature death among men with heart problems, according to a 14-year study...

    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Wellbeing

    Making the business case for ‘good’ sleep

    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2018
    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2018

    Employers are increasingly “waking up” to the effect poor-quality sleep can have on productivity and wellbeing, as well as directly...

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