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.
One in 20 adults in England felt lonely “often or always” in 2016 and 2017, with younger people at the...
Overall workforce happiness is being dragged down by a lack of training and development opportunities for lower-skilled workers and high...
Hillary Clinton’s former head of communications has urged women in business to cry more – going against the conventional advice...
Four in five office workers feel burnt out, with the majority expecting their stress levels to increase further, according to...
More roles now involve business travel with increasing risks and stress for employees. Julian Eyears, medical director of occupational health...
Nearly two-thirds (60%) of UK chief executives identify employee mental health as a priority, yet just one in six (16%)...
Thousands more fit notes were issued by GPs in England in the second quarter of last year, including a 13.5%...
Almost six in 10 employees (59%) feel stressed because of their work, with those in finance, Government and healthcare under...
A lifestyle assessment tool used with Honda dealers has shown how individual employees recover from workplace stress, and helped boost...
There needs to be a shift towards taking practical steps to help employees with mental health issues, rather than simply...
Almost one in five (18%) working parents have deliberately slowed down their career progression as they have struggled to balance...
Employees lose an average of 30.4 working days a year due to sickness absence and underperformance at work due to...
On “Blue Monday”, employers have been reminded to make workers’ mental health a priority in order to reduce absenteeism.
Absence...
Addiction doesn’t have to mean substance dependency – many people have established toxic workplace habits that can make them unhealthy...
The number of older people in the workforce is increasing and with it the risks related to older workers and...
