The uptake in employee wellbeing initiatives has increased since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and does not appear to be slowing down.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, UK sickness absence fell last year, sparking fears that employees are continuing to work while ill and working from home.
The number of employers offering staff paid 'burnout weeks', intended to alleviate the stresses of the pandemic, is increasing and looks set to become a trend.
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Employees are calling for a ban on out-of-hours emails from bosses, citing that the coronavirus pandemic has already made work more stressful.
The events of the coronavirus pandemic have left HR teams feeling in a worse position than before it first hit.
A worrying parallel between excessive working hours and life-threatening physical health issues has been revealed, but the UK may be best suited to combating overworking.
UK employees who overwork are damaging their sleep patterns and risking long-term poor mental health.
Over half (56%) of UK businesses have improved their work culture to focus on wellbeing and flexibility since the start of the pandemic.
The CIPD has urged employers to address high levels of presenteeism as it threatens to worsen the UK's ‘always on’ work culture.
Over half (57%) of employees going through divorce feel inadequately supported at work and it is having an impact on retention.