Workplace sickness

Stressed employees are at higher risk of heart attacks even if they are otherwise healthy, a study by UCL researchers suggests.

Employers could be liable for an employee's stress even if life outside work is the major driving force behind it, an employment law expert warns.

Employee support services will alleviate significant strain in the workplace, Canada Life has said.

Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour but clarity needs to be improved, a Judicial review has ruled.

The UK should follow America and use tax breaks as a tool to encourage employers to provide staff with financial education, a US government adviser suggests.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has launched guidance for employers to improve financial awareness in the workplace and reduce employee stress.

Employers can claim payment when recruiting young disabled people through a new government programme.

There is much to be done to improve health in the UK, Saga Services has said.

British workers are becoming more stressed and finding it difficult to leave their work in the office - even checking email on holiday, according to research.

The Northern Ireland office lost an average of 10.3 working days per person in 2012, almost ten times the number lost in the Scottish Office, government statistics show.