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.
Improving the coping abilities of staff can help both employees and employers through stressful economic times. Robert Manson, head of...
Despite optimism over the economy, many households are still feeling the squeeze over wages. But helping staff to manage stress...
Mental health issues are often behind employees’ unwillingness to come back to work after prolonged absence. Individual psychological assessments can...
Organisations can use health benefits as a means to drive down absenteeism related to workplace stress and retain talented staff,...
Every year, more and more people are absent from work owing to stress. The increases are reflected in recent research...
Lucy Adams, the former HR director of the BBC, has slammed the annual appraisal process, claiming they don’t work and...
Sussex Community NHS Trust has been trialling a suicide risk assessment tool. Andrea Richardson and Nessie Shia describe the system...
Occupational Health magazine finds out how UKFast, an award-winning internet hosting company, benefits by helping its workers to stay healthy,...
The National Autism Strategy aims to help all adults with autism into work. Kellie Nauls, project coordinator for the Moving...
Personality disorder is a condition that must be managed sensitively. Dr Guy Roberts explains what an organisation can do if...
To reduce unfair dismissal or disability discrimination claims companies need to be able to show that they have taken steps...
NHS staff are being allowed to get together once a month to reflect on the stresses and dilemmas faced while...
Modern-day academia has recently been proven to be one of the most stressful professions in Britain. What can employers do...
Senior managers and directors may be offered sufficient financial rewards but looking after their mental health will benefit both the...
Wednesday 5 June 2013 2:00pm BST
Employers have to expect a certain amount of staff sickness absence and many implement...
