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  • Heatwave cost exposes workplace climate risk

    Heatwave cost exposes workplace climate risk

    Extreme heat is now carrying measurable economic costs for employers. June’s heatwave reportedly caused 24 million lost working hours and £1.15bn in UK economic damage and health impacts.

  • Workplace first aid confidence lags

    Workplace first aid confidence lags

    Workplace first aid confidence remains dangerously uneven across Britain today. St John Ambulance is launching awards for lifesavers as research shows many workers feel unable to respond.

  • Workers want healthcare before workplace perks

    Workers want healthcare before workplace perks

    Private healthcare is now the UK’s most-wanted workplace benefit. Zest research shows employees want stronger financial, health, pension, and household-cost support.

  • When HR investigations become the risk

    When HR investigations become the risk

    Disciplinary processes are moving into public health territory now. Poor handling can increase absence, conflict, turnover, legal risk, and avoidable employee harm.

  • Business focus slips under personal pressure

    Business focus slips under personal pressure

    Business distractions are now showing measurable financial consequences across companies. Adobe Acrobat research links financial stress, personal pressure, and lost focus to weaker performance.

  • Carers review tests work and welfare rules

    Carers review tests work and welfare rules

    Carer’s Allowance reform is testing work and welfare boundaries. Ministers are seeking evidence on earnings limits, tapering, overpayments, and support for people balancing employment with unpaid care.

  • Always-on culture raises burnout risk

    Always-on culture raises burnout risk

    Always-on work habits are intensifying burnout across UK workplaces. New research shows rising role demands, constant availability expectations, and widespread mental exhaustion, increasing pressure on managers to redesign communication, workload, and recovery.

  • Fathers’ office returns raise retention risk

    Fathers’ office returns raise retention risk

    Remote working has become a retention issue for UK employers. King’s College London research finds fathers increasingly view home working as part of family infrastructure, despite continuing career penalties around visibility.

  • Heatwave raises workplace duty concerns

    Heatwave raises workplace duty concerns

    Extreme heat is becoming a workplace planning issue for employers. HSE has warned companies to assess and manage heat risks as alerts raise fresh duty-of-care and productivity concerns.

  • 6 questions to ask yourself if you feel disconnected from your colleagues

    6 questions to ask yourself if you feel disconnected from your colleagues

    Workplace loneliness can persist even when colleagues are close by. Chris Britton, People Experience Director at Reward Gateway | Edenred, examines six questions that can help employees identify disconnection and rebuild healthier workplace connections.