August, 2017 - Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK

A bad job can be worse for your health than being unemployed

August 20, 2017

A new study has found that people employed in low-paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually be healthier than those who remain unemployed. The study by the University of Manchester...

Younger workers in temporary jobs more likely to experience mental health problems

August 15, 2017

A new report shows younger workers in the UK’s flexible labour market are more likely to experience poorer mental health and wellbeing. The report from IPPR, the policy think tank, and...

Prejudice and concern still a barrier to work for people with severe mental illness

August 5, 2017

Mental health charity, Rethink Mental Illness, has expressed concern over new figures which show that prejudice and misunderstanding is keeping people severely affected by mental illness out of the workplace. The Government...

Council for Work and Health

August 3, 2017

Following the publication in 2008 of Dame Carol Black’s review into work and health “Working for a Healthier Tomorrow”, the Council for Work and Health was established as part of...