Mental health

More than a million workers are caring for someone with cancer alongside their job, forcing them to take up to an average of six and a half days off...

Video calls and meetings became a must have during the pandemic and have continued to be a vital work communication tool. However, while ubiquitous in the workplace, 31 percent...

Preventative health benefits are in demand, but proving their return on investment remains a challenge for HR. Michelle Stevens explores how employers can measure impact and make a compelling...

Supporting parents with flexible working policies could boost the UK economy by more than £10 billion a year and bring 440,000 parents back into the workforce, according to research...

Fixing the organisation, not just the individual, is vital to improving employee wellbeing, argues Colin Fitzgerald, distribution director at L&G’s Group Protection business, as he highlights the experience of...

Employers and employees agree that state funded healthcare is inadequate, according to research from Grid. The industry body for the group risk sector found that 63 percent of employers,...

With widespread talk of cuts to the government’s benefits budget, research has revealed 79 percent of disabled employees have experienced burnout, which is almost double the rate of their...

Bereavement leave for early pregnancy loss, before 24 weeks, will be included in the Employment Rights Bill. On Tuesday 11 March, business minister Justin Madders confirmed that amendments to...

Government plans to give employees the right to claim unfair dismissal from day one were called “reckless” and “blind to the economic damage that they are about to unleash”...

Nearly a third (31 percent) of employers expect employee demand for mental health support to increase this year, research has found. A survey of 500 UK HR decision makers...