Workplace sickness

Six out of ten women return to work early from sickness or injury because they are worried it might impact on their job prospects research finds.

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can play a powerful role in helping employees cope with stress, improving the ability to work and supporting relationships with management, according to Capita Health and Wellbeing.

AXA PPP has released tips to reduce absenteeism during the World Cup alongside research highlighting effects on productivity due to late nights.

Here they are… The five flexible benefits with the best staff engagement rates, according to a whitepaper published by Benefex.

There are clear business benefits to supporting employee health and wellbeing, says a Confederation of British Industry (CBI)report has concluded.

Despite being the most common working environment, open plan offices may actually be detrimental to employee health, wellbeing and productivity, according to recent Canada Life Group Insurance research.

Businesses should, as far as is reasonable, make adjustments to support employees who are caring for disabled family members, the Equality and Humans Rights Commission (EHRC) will tell the Court of Appeal today.

Almost three-quarters of employees would remain at their current employer if they were offered a good benefits package, research reveals.

Nearly half of 700 disabled respondents to a Scope survey said flexible working time and practices could have helped them stay in work

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut the number of employees its new Health and Work Service (HWS) will be able to support back to work by more than a third.