Illness

Sick leave is common enough for most employees, but what happens when the CEO can’t work because of sickness or injury?

The amount of people “grinning and bearing it” at work while ill has more than tripled since 2010. A report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that 86% of 1,000 organisations surveyed had observed staff…

Staff rarely feel sorry for their line managers, so employees will be shocked to learn that the forgotten generation when it comes to looking after their wellbeing and taking active steps to protect their mental health are those in…

New research by Benenden has revealed the extent to which mental health remains a taboo subject in the healthcare sector, with only 8% of employees admitting they would confide in their employer if they suffered with an illness. Although…

Most employers, Directors, CEOs wouldn’t know how to respond to this news. Are there legal requirements? Is there a HR code for a cancer situation? What is the CEO himself is diagnosed? What is the correct reaction? Peter Blencowe, Managing…

Mental health is a Director’s 2017 problem, amongst many others. The importance of positive mental health in the workplace cannot be understated, and there are several ways this should be taken into consideration. Here, Niklas Forser, the…