productOne in five sick from stress
Up to one in five employees have had to take time off work due to stress-related illness in the past 12 months, new research from MetLife Employee Benefits shows.
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newsStress is the UK’s top health and safety concern, say union workplace reps
The 11th biennial TUC survey of union health and safety representatives, published on 24 October during European Health and Safety at Work Week, finds the top-five cited hazards were stress, bullying and harassment, overwork, back strains and slips, and trips and falls on a level.
articleIdentifying psychosocial risks
Rob Burgon, workplace safety manager at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), writes about the potentially hidden problems of psychosocial risk.
news18-month project creates great mental health in the workplace
A major 18-month pilot project carried out by a global engineering company, aimed at finding solutions to the growing problem of mental health in the workplace, is said to have produced ‘astonishing’ results in terms of performance, worker happiness, and staff retention.
newsMental health: the most common work-related ill health problem?
New research published today in the scientific journal Occupational Medicine shows that throughout the British Isles, mental health disorders are the most common work-related ill health problem. They account for more than half of all cases reported by occupational physicians.
newsBritish Safety Council supports Time to Talk Day
The British Safety Council has announced its support for Time to Talk Day.
articleROSPA COLUMN
Dr Karen McDonnell, occupational safety and health policy adviser at RoSPA, writes that a company’s responsibility to its employees goes beyond simply keeping them safe at work and states the case for robust monitoring of fitness to work.
newsAlmost one in four tradespeople suffering stress related health conditions
The results of the annual healthcheck survey by Electrical Contractors Insurance Services (ECIS), the employee benefits company for the construction industry, are in and, while it seems that confidence is at a high with 43% very confident about their prospects for 2015, business pressures are also on the up which could be leading to stress related conditions reported by 23% of respondents overall.
articleBridging the healthcare gap
PMI Health Group director Mike Blake considers the fallout of cuts in NHS provision and the options for tackling the rising risk of absenteeism.
newsToo busy to take holiday?
A third (33%) of British workers said they did not take all of their annual leave allowance last year because their workload was too heavy to take the day(s) off.
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