For those working in sectors that are fortunate to be able to ‘wind down’ during the festive period, remotivating the workforce may seem like an up-hill struggle as January is commonly...
Research from Mental Health UK found that 20% of workers needed to take time off work due to stress in the past year as long-term sickness absence reaches a record high.
Common approaches dealing with workplace stress involve treating its symptoms. Solutions such as mindfulness sessions, wellbeing apps and resilience training are typical.
There is no evidence that individual-level mental health interventions benefit employees, according to a study from the University of Oxford.
When people ask what HR professionals do at work, have you ever described yourself as a bomb disposal expert? It may sound dramatic, but not only do we have to identify and defuse bombs, we are also...
Absences tripled year on year from January 2021 to January 2022 and again to January 2023, according to data from HR software BrightHR.
Employees who don’t feel comfortable sharing money worries at work say it’s because they don’t think their employer can help. This is despite organisations making significant investments in financial...
As employees return to the office after the festive season, HR experts give advice on how to foster a positive start to a new year at work.
Last year was a mammoth year of HR navigation for employers.
A fifth of employers are concerned about employees living with long-term chronic illnesses, according to research from industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).
In the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship and business leadership, the pressure to perform can be overwhelming.
Just 51% of UK employees think their senior leadership team is empathetic, according to software company O.C. Tanner.