Wellbeing

According to a new study, 73% of people in the UK say work is ‘very or rather important in their life’ – the lowest of 24 comparable countries.

Lack of sleep accounts for as much as one in nine days of sickness absence, according to research by life assurance company Canada Life.

The UK Health Security Agency has urged students to make sure they have been fully vaccinated against meningitis and other diseases.

Blood clots in the brain or the lungs could explain why fatigue and ‘brain fog’ are so commonly reported as...

Questions last month focused on dismissing an employee on grounds of ill health and queries around disciplinary procedures.

Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after a worker trapped in a walk-in freezer in London for two and a half hours.

Mitigating health and safety risks within food and drink manufacturing can be as much down to shifting mindsets as adjusting procedures.

A rehabilitation medicine specialist has identified one of the more unusual symptoms of long Covid – a case where a...

Nearly half of employees say they lack access to the features needed to manage pain and discomfort related to menopause or menstruationat work.

There are signs that burnout in HR is increasing. Tackling this involves organisational, team and individual responses.

Health providers, councils, and employers all need to get better at making the connections between financial insecurity, the cost of...

A study is underway to try to understand why people with sleep apnoea are more likely to die from heart...

Speculation is growing that Covid jabs may in time become available to buy privately, but whether this means through employers...

Unions have warned workers' health is at risk, as government buildings experience sewage leaks, legionella and insect infestations.

Divorced men with type 1 or 2 diabetes are at the highest risk of having some or all of their feet and legs amputated.