Wellbeing

Employee welfare firm the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) has launched an initiative to help prevent accidents in the live entertainment industry –...

A big shout of approval this week to coroner Ian Smith, who called for Florence Nightingale to become the next...

I am definitely one of those employers fuming over suggestions that we should give staff paid time off to kick...

The ban has taken care of smoking, but how should employers deal with other addictions?

One of my staff wants to purchase a bike through the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme, but I’m worried about the...

In Tony Pettengell’s ‘Off Message’ about fat people (Personnel Today, 10 April), he fails to mention one of the benefits...

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has slammed employers’ “shameful” lack of concern for the safety of their employees, following new...

Noel O'Reilly reports on the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Conference in Birmingham on 27 March

Construction union Ucatt is demanding the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) recommends the use of the drug Alimta, in...

What will the HR profession look like in the year 2020? What key skills will be needed by practitioners? Will...

A first day at work is always nerve-wracking. You don’t want to wear the wrong thing, say anything stupid or...

Rising unemployment in London has been blamed in part for the seven-year variation in the average life expectancy of people...

The disturbing findings of research by the Work Life Balance Centre – that nearly half of the workers in its...

The number of convictions of companies responsible for the death of construction workers has fallen by nearly 75% despite the number...

Employers’ organisations have spoken out against guidance recommending that smokers should be given paid time off work to help them...