Employers must encourage their staff to lead healthier lives, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has said, as research finds 650,000 call in sick every day.
According to the Office of National Statistics, the reported level of obesity in the UK has significantly increased during the past two decades.
The ‘people’ or human capital contribution to the fragile economic recovery will rely on three key assets. They are: the skills base of the workforce and employers’ capacity to make good use of it;...
We aspire to make employees feel better about their employers, and over the course of the year, in our role as HR Most Influential Awards sponsor will be writing a series of articles about this from a...
Organisations should focus on improving resilience rather than managing stress if they want to improve workplace wellbeing and drive business performance, Shell’s VP of health Alistair Fraser said...
Former head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Barclays' head of compliance Hector Sants has announced he will leave the bank just a month after taking sick leave for stress.
Almost 5 million workers, one in six UK employees, have called in sick due to stress in the last year, according to research from life insurance and pensions provider Friends Life.
The Average Sickness report from LV is effectively saying that the average sick days of UK workers represents 2-3% of their working lives (assuming a 45 year working life).
One in five people with cancer feel their employer could do more to understand their needs and circumstances, according to a report published by Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre and insurer Unum.
Fears of unemployment, rising pressure and psychological abuse are just some of the causes of a "personal health crisis" facing the global banking sector, a new report has found.
Absence rates in the private and public sector have increased over the past year, according to a survey published today by Simplyhealth and the CIPD.
According to accountancy firm PwC, sick days are costing UK employers around £29 billion a year, with it now accounting for nearly 90% of a company’s absence bill.
