Occupational health and wellbeing | News | HR Tools

Majority of employers don't offer financial support to staff

Date:: 19 April 2018

According to a report more than two-thirds of organisations do not offer any form of financial support to their staff, despite employees facing mounting financial pressure.

Workforce happiness weakened by overwork and lack of development

Date:: 11 April 2018

Overall workforce happiness is being dragged down by a lack of training and development opportunities for lower-skilled workers and high levels of stress among middle managers, according to the CIPD.

Mental health 'a priority', say CEOs, yet only one in six has a clear strategy

Date:: 29 March 2018

Nearly two-thirds (60%) of UK chief executives identify employee mental health as a priority, yet just one in six (16%) employers has a defined mental health strategy, a study has suggested.

International occupational health and safety management standard published

Date:: 14 March 2018

The first international standard for occupational health and safety management has been published, in an effort to address the global need to improve the health and safety of workers.

GPs see 13.5% increase in fit notes for mental health issues

Date:: 23 February 2018

Thousands more fit notes were issued by GPs in England in the second quarter of last year, including a 13.5% increase in diagnoses for mental health issues.

Employers offering health and wellbeing benefits on the rise

Date:: 9 February 2018

The number of organisations with a designated fund for health and wellbeing benefits has risen by a quarter, following a marked increase in stress and other mental health conditions.

Fit for Work assessments to be scrapped

Date:: 1 December 2017

The Government has announced that Fit for Work assessment services will close next spring, following low referral rates.

Mental health at work review calls for legal changes as thousands lose jobs

Date:: 27 October 2017

A high-level review of mental health at work has found that every year 300,000 people lose their jobs due to mental health problems, and calls for changes to the law to make employers' management of mental health more transparent.

Opening up about mental health at work puts staff at risk of dismissal

Date:: 4 October 2017

Employees who disclose mental health issues at work commonly risk demotion, disciplinary action and even dismissal, research from the charity Business in the Community has warned.

Remote access means staff cannot switch off

Date:: 27 April 2017

One-third of UK workers (32%) say that remote access to work means they cannot switch off in their personal time, according to research.

Task categories

Example tasks

Key topics

Employment law

Templates and workflow

General HR

Surveys and benchmarking

Employment law: Quick look-up

Employment law support

Good practice

XpertHR.co.uk

News

All items: Occupational health and wellbeing