Wellbeing

Dame Carol Black appointed to oversee initiatives to improve health in the workplace

Unions will mark International Workers Memorial Day this Friday (28 April) by commemorating those who died “because an employer decided...

Contract terms for sickness absence and part-time working requests.

The supermarket chain has offerred all its employees the chance to take extra, unpaid leave during the World Cup in a move to cut absenteeism

Changes to statutory sick pay rules could make matters worse for employers.

Sarah Dowden, solicitor, Macfarlanes

Government and employers should work together to improve employee health and reduce the cost of sickness and incapacity to the economy.

Members of one teaching union alone collected substantial payouts last year for injuries at work and discrimination

UK tops part-time poll; tax-free childcare at Argos; IRS bird flu conference

Your average mechanic gets nearly seven hours sleep a night, whereas doctors manage less than six

New noise regulations and a reduction in exposure levels mean employers will have to adapt their practices. Tim Turney outlines the main changes

With changes to incapacity rules currently under consultation, William Bateman offers a timely reminder of the law surrounding long-term sickness absence

Staff have been told to cover up their uniforms if they are smoking as Marks & Spencer extends smoking ban.

Employers will need to turn the volume down today as new noise regulations come into force. They aim to protect the hearing of up to two million workers

Workplace sick leave could be cut by more than 2.7 million days a year if UK workers met weekly exercise targets recommended by the government, a report suggests.