Wellbeing and health promotion

Seasonal influenza vaccinations are important for healthcare workers in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Occupational health adviser Grant Ciccone...

How effective are health promotion programmes in improving employee health and what is their impact on reducing presenteeism and absenteeism?...

A food manufacturer in Kent has cut the length of sickness absence attributed to mental health problems by tailoring an...

Two-thirds of companies are failing to monitor employees’ mental or physical health in the workplace, a study has claimed.
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Sedentary workers should be encouraged to spend a minimum of two (but ideally four) hours on their feet every day,...

Organisational change is reported to be one of the biggest causes of stress for employees. Julie Courtney looks at what...

Research suggests that employee incentives, such as discounts on leisure activities or wellness-related items, can encourage healthier lifestyles.

One in five men would turn a blind eye to prostate issues, according to research published in November 2014 by...

During cold and wet weather, it is vital that medical staff have effective hygiene standards in place, in order to...

Workplace design is often left to health and safety departments or facilities managers. But evidence shows that HR should have...

A growing number of Britain’s biggest companies now include details of their employee health and wellbeing activities in annual reports,...

When a senior marketing executive at business information company Reed Business Information (RBI) took the lead on a global health...

There would be “merit” in offering employers incentives in return for them providing approved workplace health programmes for their employees,...

Employers cannot afford to be in denial about cancer. Screening for the disease in the workplace could help benefit employees...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing guidelines to help employers improve the health and wellbeing...