The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has called for tax breaks to encourage employers to better support workers’ health, ahead of today’s Budget 2012 announcement.

A significant proportion of the UK’s small business bosses are risking burn-out and ill-health as they battle absence to keep businesses afloat, according to health insurer Bupa.

As economic forces put the squeeze on workplaces, sending working hours skywards, western world employees have never been so stressed or sedentary.

Analysis published this morning by Legal & General, using Department of Work and Pensions statistics, has shown more than 260,000 people are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) because of...

The British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) is to wind down this year, due to lack of funding in the current economic climate.

More than third of employees believe their bosses don’t care about their happiness and wellbeing in the workplace, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Competition between NHS hospitals improves their efficiency and can save significant amounts of money, but allowing NHS hospitals to compete against private providers has not produced the same...

It’s clear that the application of emotional intelligence (EI) can provide significant benefit to industry.

Loughborough University has launched a resource for Macmillan Cancer Support to help cancer carers manage their work demands.??

A common mantra in mental health circles is that, with occupational support and a successful treatment plan, people with a mental illness can be productive and dynamic members of a diverse workforce.

The economic downturn has exacerbated workplace stress and mental health problems – but they should be seen as part of a much longer term trend that has grown hand-in-hand with modern working...

Capita is to acquire the occupational health business of Aviva UK Health for an undisclosed sum.