Occupational Health Services Explained: What They Do and When to Use Them
Occupational health services advise on how work affects health and health affects work. WHO says only 15% of workers can use one. When to refer, who sees what.
Workload, mental health at work and wellness programs that actually help.
Occupational health services advise on how work affects health and health affects work. WHO says only 15% of workers can use one. When to refer, who sees what.
Of the workplace fixes in a 34-study Cochrane review, only sit-stand desks cut sitting consistently. What employers can do about sedentary work, by evidence.
Presenteeism, working while ill, is far harder to count than absence, which took 2.0% of UK working hours in 2025. How to measure both, and what drives each.
Do workplace wellness programs work? In 2 large randomized US trials, spending and absence did not fall. Why earlier savings claims misled.
What is employee wellbeing? The physical, mental, social and financial health that work shapes, in 6 dimensions, and why NICE and NIOSH put the work first.
Psychosocial hazards are work conditions such as overload, low control and bullying. What counts as one, and the 4-step loop safety codes use to manage them.
WHO's 2022 guidelines strongly back 2 employer steps on mental health at work, training managers and adjusting the work, and leave treatment to clinicians.