Top Employers for Working Families: Plantronics

Winners of the Top Employers for Working Families awards 2013 were announced last week.

AB named top SME at Top Employers for Working Families 2013 awards

Internal communications agency, AB, has been named as the Top family friendly SME at the 2013 Top Employers for Working Families Awards.

Sponsored feature: Flexibility key for working mothers, says Santander HR director

Simon Lloyd, HR director at Santander UK, says that flexibility is key in ensuring that working mothers are able to maximise their career potential, both to their individual benefit, and that of...

UK has a cultural problem of "overworking", says HR thinker Cary Cooper

A culture of "all work and no play" in the UK is damaging family life, causing high stress levels, cutting time spent with loved ones and creating an inability to switch off from work, according to a...

Employees blame employers for poor work-life balance

UK employers are failing to help employees achieve a good work-life balance, according to research from global management consultancy, Hay Group.

City Spotlight: wellbeing is in the water at Thermae Bath Spa

A rooftop pool, warm as a bath. Steam rising upwards, over the tops of Victorian buildings and the spire of a Gothic abbey. I can think of worse places to work.

Stressed employees afraid to ask for help, says insurer

More than half of UK employees found that 2012 was more stressful than the previous year, according to a survey by insurance firm Canada Life.

UK employees are "under pressure", "under valued" and "lack support", says Wellness survey

The working population of the UK is under pressure, under valued and isn't being given adequate support by their employers, according to the 2013 Wellness at Work Survey.

Dealing with substance misuse in the workplace

Office parties: a potential backdrop to alcohol-fuelled photocopier ‘incidents’, excruciating dance-floor displays and bleary-eyed mornings after. And many an HRD will be breathing a sigh of relief...

Companies must do more to tackle mental health issues, says HRD

Organisations are struggling to deal with mental health issues in the workplace and the Government must do more to educate HR managers about these problems, according to HR director at insurance firm...

Top Employers for Working Families 2/5: Wales and West Housing

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced on Tuesday. In recognition of the companies who really do go the extra mile for working families, we profile...

Overzealous sickness absence policing fails to consider causes of ill-health

I have been researching workforce health and wellbeing for almost 20 years. I have looked at the causes, costs and consequences of sickness absence, presenteeism, patterns and at the trends in...