The Mental Health at Work Commitment: Celebrating employers with Interclass and LNER

Discover how Interclass and LNER are using the Mental Health at Work Commitment to improve the wellbeing of their employees.

Offering mental health support for your parent workforce during the holidays

The holiday season can be a particularly challenging time for working parents who often experience additional strains on their mental wellbeing. The financial pressure of...

Beware of burnout!

There’s a big difference between being run down and being burnt out. Being run down refers to a temporary feeling of physical or mental fatigue...

Mental wellness in hospitality – using my experiences to change the workplace

Hospitality can be a fun, fast-paced and exciting industry to work in. But sometimes, that pressure can become too difficult to cope with alone. In this...

Stress is a leading cause of absence – what can employers do?

More than three-quarters (76%) of organisations have had staff absent because of stress in the past year, according to a new report from the CIPD...

Supporting young people starting their first job

Starting a new job can be a daunting time for anyone. You may find yourself having to learn about your new role, but also needing...

Imposter syndrome: tips for sole traders from The Be Well Collective

Mental Health at Work has partnered with Simply Business to support the UK’s self-employed with their mental health and wellbeing. Together we surveyed more than...

Brokers’ mental health suffering as mortgage crisis deepens

Mortgage brokers are suffering from a lack of mental health support in the workplace, according to a new report from Mind. The volatile mortgage market...

NHS staff at risk of burnout amid strikes

As junior doctors strike over pay, a report from the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) The Society of Occupational Medicine The Society of Occupational Medicine...

Supporting staff through moral injury

Blue Light Together is a hub for mental health information and support for people working and volunteering in the emergency services, as well as their...

Top wellbeing tips for nurses during uncertain times

It’s an uncertain time in nursing in the UK. The cost of living crisis is affecting many of us, and nursing unions have been on...

How good sleep can support your mental wellbeing

We know sleep is important for our mental and physical wellbeing – but how does it affect our working lives too? We asked Lisa Artis,...

What does the Spring Budget mean for the self-employed?

The self-employed often get overlooked when it comes to workplace interventions. We want to hear your views to help make everyone’s working lives happier and...

Women and ADHD – challenging the stereotypes

Mental Health at Work has partnered with Simply Business to support the UK’s self-employed with their mental health and wellbeing. Together we surveyed more than...

Getting active to support mental health in the workplace

At the start of every new year, many of us decide we want to improve our physical health by exercising more. But did you know...

How to talk about miscarriage and baby loss at work

Dr Krystal Wilkinson is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Human Resource Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, and her research focuses on the work-life interface, flexibility...

How hoarding behaviour at home might affect your employees’ working lives

We ask Megan Karnes, founder of HoardingUK, for information and advice on helping employees who may be hoarders, or who might live with someone who...

BHM: The founders of Adoptee Futures share their story

We know racism affects our mental wellbeing. And we also know that sometimes the voices of people from minority groups don’t get the same attention...

Overcoming perfectionism in the fight for social justice

We know racism affects our mental wellbeing. And we also know that sometimes the voices of people from minority groups don’t get the same attention...

How Body Dysmorphic Disorder can affect you and your workplace

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is an anxiety disorder characterised by a preoccupation with one or more perceived flaws in appearance, which are unnoticeable to others....

How might fertility treatment affect the wellbeing of your staff?

Infertility can have a huge impact on your life – one so powerful, in fact, that some have compared it to a cancer diagnosis. It...

Understanding OCD, in the workplace and beyond

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (routinely referred to as OCD) is an anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts. This can lead to...

Understanding PND and how it might affect your workplace

A ‘perinatal’ mental health problem is one that you experience any time from becoming pregnant up to a year after you give birth. If you...

Supporting employees who experience phobias

Many of us have fears about particular situations or objects, and this is perfectly normal. However, a fear becomes a phobia if: the fear is...

Mental health should be a year-round commitment

Caroline is involved in the Working Minds campaign, targeted at smaller employers to help them understand how they can work with their teams to prevent...

The gift of gratitude

For so many of us, the past two years have been full of sacrifices. We might have had to miss out on seeing our family...

Why ‘back to school’ doesn’t mean parents can be ignored at work

As children return to school for the last term of the academic year, we explore what challenges parents face in the workplace year-round, and what employers...

Trauma impact is much more prevalent in policing than we realise

Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder which can develop after somebody has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. It can cause...

Employers are vital ‘bridges to safety’ for those experiencing domestic abuse

Our mental wellbeing is complex and affected by all parts of our lives. Domestic abuse, whether from an intimate partner or a family member, can...