Workplace sickness

Employee benefits as an intervention to address sickness absence will not work alone if employers do not focus on suitable job design for their employees, an expert in workplace health has warned.

Workplace health initiatives, specifically for mental health, should be treated as part of a firms operational risk profile not as separate a health issue, according to behavioural psychologists.

Work is a "fantastic place" to help support public health issues and it is "ridiculous" for government to be expected to singularly tackle these problems, Dame Carol Black has said.

Awareness of mental ill health in the workplace has increased significantly, but there is still work to be done, a British Journal of Psychiatry paper has shown.

Half of workers assume their boss would foot the bill for long-term sick leave.

Too few UK businesses are measuring the impact of their workplace wellness strategies on business and employees, a Buck Consultants survey reveals.

Employers and occupational health therapists must play a key role in ensuring that the older working age population is empowered to work later by implementing workplace interventions and promoting work ability, new research says.

Actuarial consultancy Punter Southall has found evidence that HR departments are sitting on huge data inaccuracies that leaving staff un-insured, potentially meaning their companies are unknowingly holding millions of pounds worth of self-insured liabilities....

Stress had a noticeable impact on businesses in 2012, according to nearly half (42%) of senior managers of SMEs, Zurich has found.

A fifth of workers who experienced problems with stress in 2012 were too afraid or embarrassed to ask for help, Canada Life has said.