Wellbeing

Draft regulations on smoke-free premises and vehicles have been unveiled by the government today.

Serious injuries - those requiring more than three days off work - have fallen by two-thirds in the 30 years since the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974).

Strawberry pickers get raw deal.

The UK is facing increasing challenges in protecting the health and wellbeing of migrant workers, and in making sure overseas staff are aware of their employment rights about safety.

I am infuriated and ever more demoralised with political correctness and its illegitimate offspring, ‘claim culture’. In personal liability claims...

Sick leave for police and prison officers in Northern Ireland has cost almost £47m in the past two years, official figures reveal.

The view that public sector workers take more sick leave than their private sector counterparts is misleading.

Bob Crow attacks London Underground for failing to act on security issues.

UK's flexible labour market could be a myth according to research.

Lords pass health Bill back to Commons before final seal of approval.

Experts warn that employer buy-in is essential if Bill is to succeed.

Burnt-out employees who sign off work through stress will be targeted for therapy to get them back to their job, under new plans to shake up incapacity benefit being unveiled today

Solving the UK's sicknote problem will take time andco-operation from employers, GPs and the government.

Your staff are what they eat. So why are you still serving biscuits at meetings,asks Sally O'Reilly?

Mark Godfrey’s letter (Personnel Today, 13 June), suggesting that size is the real reason behind higher public sector absence levels,...