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.
Nine UK health and safety organisations have come together to form the Occupational Safety and Health Stakeholder Alliance.
Kelly McCabe explains how organisations may be able to support employees on a waiting list for NHS treatment, lessening the impact of delays.
There was an increase of over 400,000 people unable to work because of long-term conditions since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the ONS found.
Researchers publish specific guidance to support NHS workers following the death of a colleague by suicide.
We can learn a lot from how we support employees on mental health when it comes to financial wellbeing.
After an employee or colleague is bereaved, there can often be an assumption they will need access to bereavement counselling....
Many finance sector employers are concerned that the current economic downturn may see worsening mental health among staff.
NHS England sickness absence hit 27 million days in 2022, according to analysis by Nuffield Health. The absence rate was 5.6%.
The CIPD believes job quality has gone backwards in the past four years, with workers undergoing more stress and less engagement.
Mental health is now the top wellbeing concern for employers, as hybrid and remote working models increasingly become the norm.
Staff who rate their line managers' capabilities poorly are more likely to experience negative mental health, according to CIPD research.
The percentage of working hours lost to sickness or injury rose to 2.6% in 2022, the highest it has been since 2004.
The right communications strategy is necessary to engage all employees with a company's health and wellbeing strategy.
More than half of UK adults feel the cost-of-living crisis has made it more difficult to stay healthy.
The Ford Motor Company is helping staff open up about their mental health and encouraging employees to bring their whole selves to work.
