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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
    • Leadership

    Boardroom leadership is the key to lower employee stress

    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2017
    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2017

    Evidence shows that leadership style has a major impact on levels of employee stress. Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, an occupational psychologist and...

    • Absence
    • Commission
    • Disability discrimination

    HR horrors: How to flee four frightening scenarios

    by Alexandra Bonner and Emily Kearsey 31 Oct 2017
    by Alexandra Bonner and Emily Kearsey 31 Oct 2017

    Halloween is upon us, but what are the most common HR horrors and how should employers deal with them? Alexandra...

    • Research
    • Disability
    • Mental health conditions

    Mental health at work review calls for legal changes as thousands lose jobs

    by Noel O'Reilly 26 Oct 2017
    by Noel O'Reilly 26 Oct 2017

    A high-level review of mental health at work has found that 300,000 people lose their jobs every year due to...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Employee Assistance Programmes

    Stress in the workplace tops reasons for EAP use

    by Nic Paton 5 Oct 2017
    by Nic Paton 5 Oct 2017

    Stress in the workplace is forcing many employees to turn to employee assistance programmes (EAPs), the Health Insurance Group has...

    • Stress
    • Research
    • Mental health conditions

    Opening up about mental health at work puts staff at risk of dismissal

    by Nic Paton 4 Oct 2017
    by Nic Paton 4 Oct 2017

    Employees who disclose mental health issues at work commonly risk demotion, disciplinary action and even dismissal, research from the charity...

    • Stress
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health

    Workplace support advisers: an evaluation

    by Walter Brennan 2 Oct 2017
    by Walter Brennan 2 Oct 2017

    Workplace support advisers were introduced in a hospital trust in 2000 to resolve issues arising between employees and their colleagues...

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Research

    More than one in three suffer anxiety, depression or stress at work

    by Nic Paton 31 Aug 2017
    by Nic Paton 31 Aug 2017

    More than one in three UK employees say they are working with anxiety, depression or stress, according to research.
    The...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    How HR can help in a tough financial climate

    by Steve Herbert 30 Aug 2017
    by Steve Herbert 30 Aug 2017

    With an estimated one in eight workers living in poverty and many employees feeling the squeeze of below-inflation pay awards,...

    • Stress
    • Change management
    • Mental health conditions

    How happiness helped Boundless grow in leaps and bounds

    by Carl Fillery 29 Aug 2017
    by Carl Fillery 29 Aug 2017

    Teamwork and mindfulness at work helped rebrand membership club Boundless and transform its culture. CEO Carl Fillery, a speaker at...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    Creating a climate of psychological safety in the workplace

    by Nicola Davies 29 Aug 2017
    by Nicola Davies 29 Aug 2017

    Psychological safety in the workplace is important for a healthy corporate culture, and can help boost mental health and profit....

    • Mental health
    • Pre-employment screening
    • Staff monitoring

    Gambling problems: Reducing the risk of corporate fraud

    by Andrew Durant 29 Aug 2017
    by Andrew Durant 29 Aug 2017

    Gambling has become more accessible than ever, with betting shops boasting machines that consume hundreds of pounds in minutes. Some...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Stress
    • Employment law

    The law and mental health in the workplace

    by kennyscott 5 Jul 2017
    by kennyscott 5 Jul 2017

    Employers must get to grips with mental health in the workplace with politicians focusing on the issue and recent case...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    How coaching staff can help them deal with change and stress

    by Liz Hall 2 Jun 2017
    by Liz Hall 2 Jun 2017

    Coaching employees experiencing mental health problems at work can not only prevent and manage stress, but help people flourish, says...

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    • Brexit

    Tory manifesto: National retraining, NI holidays and more gap reporting

    by Rob Moss 18 May 2017
    by Rob Moss 18 May 2017

    Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....

    • Stress
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    How would scrapping the 12-month mental health requirement affect employers?

    by Yvonne Gallagher 15 May 2017
    by Yvonne Gallagher 15 May 2017

    Proposed changes by the Conservatives could see people with shorter-term mental health issues protected by disability discrimination laws. Yvonne Gallagher...

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