Wellbeing

Health service unions have attacked government plans to allow supermarkets and other retailers to employ nurses and healthcare professionals.

Cognitive behavioural therapy is well established in psychotherapy circles, but it can also be used to great effect in the workplace, as Sally O'Reilly finds out

Staff at Tower Hamlets council will hold a one-day strike tomorrow (Tuesday 7 February) over sickness procedures.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has begun a nationwide inspection programme of about 1,000 construction sites as part of...

£3,000 fine follows hot on the heels of firewalking calamity at motivational event.

Labour rebels to get opportunity to overturn partial smoking ban proposals.

With sickness absence costing UK business £12bn a year, the HSE is urging directors to take the issue more seriously.

Executives need to lead from the top if they want to cut the multi-billion pound cost of sickness absence, according to the heath and safety minister Lord Hunt

A significant rise in staff workloads will not necessarily harm their health and performance if correct measures are put in...

Police chiefs are to hold a meeting with the Health and Safety Executive to discuss stress after official figures revealed that enough officers to run a small police force were off sick each day last year because of the problem.

This week: incapacity benefit

Finding good quality, affordable childcare can be one of the biggest challenges facing parents, but employers could be doing a lot more to lessen the hassle and ease the financial burden on staff, the TUC said today

Temporary workers are happier and healthier than permanent workers, according to new research from the Department of Management at King's College London

Eight former workers who were exposed to asbestos have had their compensation claims overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Research has shown that ventilation systems do not protect pub workers or the public from second-hand smoke.