newsAdvice to keep the mind healthy
BRITISH SAFETY Council launches wellbeing videos with exercises and advice to help workers beat stress and maintain good mental health.
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newsJob-related stress higher in teachers
A NEW report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) looking at the issues facing the teacher workforce in England shows that job-related stress is higher among teachers than other professionals.
newsEmployees uncomfortable discussing mental health
OVER THREE quarters of employees believe people at their place of work would be uncomfortable discussing mental health – citing anxiety of how they might be perceived by co-workers (82%), concerns over harm to career prospects (78%), embarrassment (76%), and fears they would not be trusted with more responsibility (69%) as the key barriers.
newsCall for bosses to have legal duty to prevent sexual harassment
THE TRADES Union Congress (TUC) has outlined its belief that employers to have a legal duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
newsResearch reveals shocking mental health statistics
HEALTHTECH STARTUP Mynurva has commissioned an independent, nationally-representative survey among more than 2,000 UK adults to uncover the number of full-time workers who suffer from mental health problems; how many of them seek help for their issues; and the main barriers that hold them back from doing so.
newsUnion labels workplace stress an ‘epidemic’
THE TUC union has responded to the latest HSE figures, which show 15.4 million working days were lost to work-related stress, anxiety and depression, by warning the issue is now an epidemic.
newsCalls for government to focus on mental health
RESPONDING TO the Budget announcement, the British Safety Council has welcomed the government’s commitment of £2bn annually to support NHS mental health services by 2023-24.
productMental health leading to increased missed days
STRESS, DEPRESSION and anxiety accounted for 40 percent of all work-related ill health cases and 49 percent of all working days lost due to ill health in 2016/17.
newsStress is top concern at work
STRESS IS the top concern in UK workplaces, according to a new TUC survey of trade union health and safety representatives published.
newsJob insecurity biggest concern for workers
RESEARCH BY wellbeing consultancy Robertson Cooper shows that job insecurity is a employees’ primary concern in the workplace.
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