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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.


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    Sickness absence drops to all-time low

    by Nic Paton 4 May 2017
    by Nic Paton 4 May 2017

    Workplace sickness absence is at an all-time low, the Government’s official statistics body said in March.
    An estimated 137 million...

    • Stress
    • Research
    • Health and safety

    The case for a stronger occupational health evidence base

    by Dr Paul J Nicholson 2 May 2017
    by Dr Paul J Nicholson 2 May 2017

    The Health and Safety Executive’s new strategy for the workplace promises to give health the same priority as safety, but...

    • Stress
    • Flexible working
    • Wellbeing

    Remote access means staff cannot switch off

    by Rob Moss 27 Apr 2017
    by Rob Moss 27 Apr 2017

    One-third of UK workers (32%) say that remote access to work means they cannot switch off in their personal time,...

    • Stress
    • Research
    • Disability

    Leaders must change the culture on mental health at work

    by Adrian Wakeling 13 Apr 2017
    by Adrian Wakeling 13 Apr 2017

    Momentum is growing to make employers’ take responsibility to tackle the problem of mental health at work, not least from...

    • Stress
    • Rest periods
    • Business performance

    Should every weekend be a long weekend?

    by Roisin Woolnough 12 Apr 2017
    by Roisin Woolnough 12 Apr 2017

    With spring’s four bank holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to get used to the concept of the long weekend. Roisin...

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Mental health

    Workplace wellbeing strategies linked to HR goals are on the rise

    by Noel O'Reilly 3 Mar 2017
    by Noel O'Reilly 3 Mar 2017

    Higher numbers of employers have adopted workplace wellbeing strategies in the past year than in previous years and they are...

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Mental health conditions

    GPs gain support for mental ill-health and addiction

    by Nic Paton 2 Mar 2017
    by Nic Paton 2 Mar 2017

    A new service designed to offer support to GPs and GP trainees suffering from mental ill health and addiction has...

    • Stress
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health

    Lessons learned from a winning workplace health and wellbeing initiative

    by Lawrence Mitchell 1 Mar 2017
    by Lawrence Mitchell 1 Mar 2017

    Reed Business Information was the winner of the CIPD’s 2016 Best Health and Wellbeing Initiative award. Lawrence Mitchell, who led...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Business continuity
    • Mental health

    Employers must have a plan to manage trauma in the workplace

    by Anne Payne 1 Mar 2017
    by Anne Payne 1 Mar 2017

    Deaths at work are decreasing, but employees more likely to be exposed to trauma in the workplace in other ways....

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Mental health at work: look at the causes as well as the cure

    by Howard Hymanson and Charlie Thompson 1 Feb 2017
    by Howard Hymanson and Charlie Thompson 1 Feb 2017

    Theresa May recently pledged to tackle the stigma around mental health problems with a host of new initiatives. However, HR...

    • Stress
    • Economics, government & business
    • Leadership

    Leadership development: Resilience in times of trauma

    by Dr Amy Armstrong 19 Jan 2017
    by Dr Amy Armstrong 19 Jan 2017

    The vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as president of the US meant that...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions

    Government report shows links between work and drug and alcohol addiction

    by Nic Paton 3 Jan 2017
    by Nic Paton 3 Jan 2017

    The Government’s long-awaited review into the links between work and addiction was published in December.
    The review by Dame Carol...

    • Stress
    • Research
    • Mental health conditions

    Wake up to the link between poor sleep and work performance

    by Vicki Culpin 1 Dec 2016
    by Vicki Culpin 1 Dec 2016

    Poor sleep and work performance are linked, according to a recent study, backed up by a body of previous findings....

    • Stress
    • Early careers
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Why are millennials stressed and what can we do about it?

    by Dan Fellows 25 Nov 2016
    by Dan Fellows 25 Nov 2016

    A recent survey by LifeWorks found that 90% of millennials had been distracted by stress at work, despite being perceived...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    Acas research calls for joined-up approach to managing mental health at work

    by Gill Dix 17 Nov 2016
    by Gill Dix 17 Nov 2016

    Research published by Acas on managing mental health at work adds to the weight of evidence for a joined-up approach...

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