Wellbeing & Mental Health

Healthcare and financial services workers are among those most likely to believe they do not have a good work-life balance, according to a study from LifeSearch. More than a third of healthcare...

A lawyer is warning employers to focus on what reasonable adjustments they can make for returning workers with long Covid as people are likely to be protected under disability discrimination law. Philip...

Governments across the globe have been urged to consider implementing maximum working times as new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals three quarters of...

The pandemic has had more of an adverse effect on women than men as new evidence suggests demand for mental health support shows no sign of abating. Findings from LV='s Wealth and...

Aviva has offered a range of activities, tools and other support including a dedicated wellbeing day off to help employees and revealed that it will be re-thinking how it uses office space...

Employers have been urged to help workers whose social networks have disappeared due to lockdown re-engage with their friends and families as new research draws a clear link between loneliness and increased...

Insurers paid out £6.2bn in life insurance, income protection, and critical illness claims in 2020, equivalent to £17m a day, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group...

Tailored apps, webinars, healthy sleep workshops and desk exercise can contribute to effectively tackling the surging numbers of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries due to homeworking. Research by Ascenti found half of home workers...

Stuart Scullion stepped down as executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) just last month after six years at the head of the organisation. Scullion (pictured) will continue...

More than half of people worry their workplace will not have routine Covid testing upon their return to the office. This is according to research from Canada Life which shows 58% of...