Health and Wellbeing: Are 'fitnotes' working?

In April, fit notes were introduced to help prevent sickness turning into long-term absence. But there are doubts about whether the system will work.

Health and Wellbeing: Is 'health' about work or fitness?

I have a memory of some famous news footage where a rotund male police officer doesn't so much leap over a garden fence to catch the criminal he is pursuing, but practically topples over it, bringing...

Interview with Brecon Jones, health and vitality manager at Unilever

Breckon Jones, employee health and vitality manager at Unilever, is adamant his Fit Business project results show the direct business benefits of health and wellbeing interventions. Others are harder...

Health and Wellbeing: Are employers on the brink of a stress epidemic?

Economic recovery will put staff under severe pressure over the next few years. Emotional burn-out could result if firms don't act to avert a stress epidemic.

Investors in People has introduced a new kite mark to recognise best practice in health and wellbeing

Ever since 2007, when it launched the 'Business Action on Health' campaign, Business in the Community (BITC) has campaigned hard to get health and wellbeing initiatives translated into balance...

Performance-related pay and the importance of recognition

I never took kindly to the idea of respecting my elders and betters. There is a fallacy in that smug paternalistic expression - because your elders aren't necessarily your betters. As it happens, I...

Sainsbury's to increase payments to its defined-benefit pension scheme

Sainsbury's is to increase the annual payments into its defined-benefit pension by 11 million per year for the next 10 years.

The Metropolitan police commissioner believes bonus payments in policing is "divisive"

Bonus payments for all police officers should be scrapped, according to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.

London Bankers earn more than Swiss counterparts even after 50p tax rate

Senior bankers still earn twice as much after tax in London than rival financial centres in Geneva and Zurich despite the new 50% tax rate for workers earning more than 150,000 per annum which came...

David Cameron to cut the pay of NHS and Civil Service staff

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced bonuses for the senior civil service (SCS) and senior NHS managers will be cut.

Dragon's Den's Duncan Bannatyne launches campaign to address mental health at work

Dragon's Den entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne has joined forces with the mental health charity Mind to launch a viral film bout the cost of putting on a brave face at work.

Election week decimates the retirement income of older employees

People who retired during the 'week of indecision' could be nearly 800 poorer than people retiring the week before or after the election, according to data from Aon Consulting.