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 is the number one health risk for British businesses, according to research from Group Risk Development, the trade body...
Long hours and pressure brought on by the economic downturn mean one in three employees faces excessive pressure at work,...
University and higher education staff are suffering stress levels considerably higher than most of the British working population, as long...
One European employee in 10 has missed work because of depression, equating to more than 21,000 working days being lost,...
Should employers support employee health beyond simply managing absence? Welfare reform and the sickness absence review have placed employers right...
More than one in four HR directors in Britain admit they have no formal policy to manage stress or anxiety,...
The Government has launched a suicide prevention strategy for England and is to invest £1.5 million into prevention research.The move, introduced in...
People who have had one or two episodes of depression could benefit from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), according to research...
Mental health in the workplace is something that many employers struggle with and continues to be a taboo subject. The...
HR body the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched two guides to help employers better manage the...
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, has suggested that employers should have a dedicated employee trained to help workers suffering from...
Occupational health teams should be encouraged to get behind the concept of mindfulness, an alternative approach to helping staff cope with...
Reducing stress levels within an organisation can be achieved by adopting simple techniques such as engaging all levels of the...
Employees who experience distressing incidents at work may develop feelings that prevent them from returning to the scene. Employers can...
With the abundance of guidance and research available, OH practitioners should now be well placed to help ease the stigma of...
