Wellbeing

Enough officers to run a small police force were off work sick each day last year because of stress

Michael Corcoran, a solicitor in the Steeles employment team, offers advice on handling sickness absence

There was a significant fall in the number of enforcement notices issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in...

A recent case shows just how vulnerable employees are in their first year in a new job.

A proactive approach to managing sickness absence has helped Brent Council save an estimated £1.5m over the past three years

Manager who sack staff risk high levels of stress and illness.

Employers are still failing to recognise the financial blow that bird flu could have on their business, and are not making contingency plans quickly enough, experts have warned

The Department for Work and Pensions says fat people cost the UK £8m a year in incapacity benefit.

Bradford Council is to hold a review into how it manages sickness absence after it emerged that staff took a...

The amount of money employers spend on keeping staff healthy still pales in comparison to the costs of treating sickness...

A flu pandemic is no longer a case of if, but when. Sally O’Reilly argues that attitudes need to change...

A total ban on smoking in pubs looks increasingly likely following an indication that Tony Blair will offer MPs a free vote in the House of Commons.

Almost three-quarters of people across the UK back an all-out ban on smoking in places of work, including pubs and restaurants, research reveals

Unions are urging workers to check their hearing using a telephone-based hearing test

Managers at Bradford Council are being retrained in a bid to cut down on the number of sick days clocked up by staff