Does workplace wellbeing actually pay?
Deloitte says employers get £4.70 back for every £1 spent on mental health support. The headline is real, but the return depends heavily on what you spend it on, and when.
What the HSE’s notice to the University of Birmingham means for you
In December 2025 the HSE served a formal notice on the University of Birmingham for failing to manage work-related stress. The university had a policy and good-looking data. Here’s what went wrong, and what it means for every UK employer.
Do I need a stress risk assessment?
If you employ people in the UK, the law expects you to assess the risk of work-related stress, and to write it down once you have 5 or more workers. Here’s what that means in practice, and how to start.
The real cost of losing people to burnout
Turnover linked to poor mental health costs UK employers £19.5bn a year, and replacing one person lost to ill health costs more than £11,000. Here’s why people leave, and why retention starts with the nervous system.
Why your absence figures are lying to you
UK sickness absence is at a record high, and it’s still the smallest part of what poor mental health costs you. Here’s what absence data misses, and what to watch instead.
Leaveism: the holiday that never quite happens
Leaveism is using annual leave to be ill, or working through your holiday. It’s widespread, it flatters your absence figures, and it quietly feeds the two biggest costs of poor mental health at work.
Present and incorrect
Poor mental health costs UK employers £1,676 per employee a year, and the biggest slice comes from people who turned up. What presenteeism is, why people do it, and what actually helps.