Wellbeing

High sickness absence rates has led to cancelled flights and a row with the pilots' union at budget airline easyJet.

The cost of living crisis is affecting cancer patients' recovery as they are cutting back on meals, heating and other essentials, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Exercise has an important role to play in helping people to manage osteoarthritis, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has emphasised.

Organisations should consider what short-term adjustments could be put in place for employees who are affected by the shortage of hormone replacement therapy supplies.

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Health Diagnostics discuss their initiative to introduce regular health checks for 9,000 NHS staff.

An IPPR report suggests the pandemic has resulted in significant UK labour market changes.

Nicky Chenery outlines how technology can help ensure any health and safety concerns employees have are heard and acted upon. 

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi tells MPs he didn't know why his department's staff had the highest stay-at-home rate among civil servants.

A group of MPs have called for asbestos removal from workplaces within the next 40 years to reduce occupational exposure.

Research shows that employers do not collect enough HR performance data to make meaningful decisions.

Organisations should be given access to free or low cost Covid-19 tests to help staff stay safe, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.

The expertise of occupational health will be critical to helping employers navigate the ‘second pandemic’ of mental ill health as we emerge from Covid-19.

Providers of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are reporting significant rises in calls as they support workers based in Ukraine and surrounding states.

Inflation in the year to March 2022 reached yet another 30-year high, rising 6.2% at the consumer prices index (CPI) measure.

The latest annual workplace health snapshot from the CIPD has shown employers could still be thinking more strategically about health and work.