The UK government announced yesterday (6 March) plans to use 1,000 work coaches to help long-term unemployed people into work.
The UK’s employment gap between people with and without health limitations is among the widest in the EU15, a study from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has found.
The UK is facing a growing crisis of long-term sickness. A rise in chronic health conditions have led to 2.8 million people being economically inactive.
As we near the end of this year, our '12 Days of Christmas'-style countdown rounds up key stories from each month of 2024.
Three quarters (77%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) plan to overhaul their employee benefits offering to combat workforce challenges and economic pressures, a report by Howden Employee...
HR and business leaders play a vital part in providing much-needed support to help employees with cancer navigate their life after being diagnosed. But there are currently too many glaring gaps.
The number of sick days UK employees take has increased 41% in the last three years, according to a report by jobs platform Totaljobs.
Employers who create unhealthy workplaces should be fined, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
People with a long-term health condition who are over 50 were 60% more likely to be out of work than their younger peers, research published today (14 October) by the Centre for Ageing Better has...
The Labour Party conference concluded yesterday, and saw senior members of government outline further details to changes in employment law, apprenticeships, immigration and benefits.
A cross-party commission has warned that drastic action is required to address the growing number of people signed off from work with a long-term illness.
John Deanfield, the government's champion for personalised prevention, told The Guardian on Tuesday (23 July) that a preventative system must be put in place to quell the number of economically...
