Wellbeing

Employee absence rates currently stand at eight working days or 3.5% of working time each year for a typical employer,...

All this talk of anorexia and size zero is literally making me ill with stress and worry because all my...

It’s all very well offering a series of health-related incentives to staff, but joining them together into an integrated programme...

Unions have called for improved training and advice for staff in the oil industry following the publication of the fifth...

Seven in 10 employers associate obesity with laziness and a lack of self-control, according to research. Health consultancy Nuffield Proactive ...

One-quarter of European employers now offer incentives to encourage staff to take fewer sick days, according to a survey. The...

Kent Police claims its wellbeing initiatives introduced in 2003 have reduced police officer absenteeism by 25% – the equivalent of...

Mark Langford – who notoriously sacked 2,500 staff by text message – has died in a car crash in Spain....

Managers suspect that 12% of absences last year involved staff ‘pulling a sickie’, which translated into a loss of 21...

Millions of UK workers are likely to be suffering from depression and panic attacks because they are so stressed out...

Dedicated workers everywhere were dealt a blow last week when magistrates jailed Brian Rogers, 53, from Acton, west London, for...

Why the age of the obese is just around the corner and coming to a workplace near you - whether you like it or not.

One of our workers has expressed an interest in driving a forklift truck. However, we are aware that he has...

Obese patients are causing thousands of nurses to seek treatment for back pain, the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) warned last week....

Public Sector People Managers’ Association conference, 28-30 March, Hilton Metropole, Brighton Organisations need to be more proactive when thinking about...