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Overworking over Christmas: Stress and Employer Responsibility

Sometimes it is expected that extra work is necessary to get through peak times. However, if you are routinely unable to disengage from your job to relax over Christmas or other social occasions, you may be overworked.   We live in an age where there never seems to be enough hours in a day to…

Prioritise Your Well-being This Christmas: Access Support

The festive season, a time filled with expectation and celebration, can often be a period when families face significant emotional or financial challenges. Learn the crucial contacts to keep today.     Recognising support this Christmas Recognising the increased strain of these critical weeks, it is essential to evaluate and know the support systems available…

What is Stress and How Can Your Employer Help You?

Stress is defined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’. Stress is not an illness, but it can affect a person’s physical and mental health.   If stress is not correctly managed, it can cause: ‘burnout’ (physical and…

Guide to Military Musculoskeletal Injury Claims

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) commemorates its 12th anniversary on June 23rd, 2025, for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED).   The platform aims to highlight the under-representation of women engineers globally, with only 16.5% of UK engineers being women in 2021. It promotes gender diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and…

Veterans’ Loneliness Awareness Week: Rebuilding Lives, Ending Isolation

Loneliness Awareness Week, hosted by Marmalade Trust, from 9th to 15th June. Aims to reduce stigma around the natural human emotion.   The UK Government plans to implement practical, cost-effective recommendations to address systemic issues and rehabilitation of life for those affected by loneliness. Highlighting the urgent need for increased awareness and support for UK…

Kindness at Work – it goes further than you think

Work can be a place where people are put under pressure to meet targets or hit deadlines which can cause periods of stress and anxiety – and in these times, kindness is crucial.   According to research, kindness not only creates a pleasant working environment, it yields positive outcomes for businesses. Whether you’re just starting…

International Men’s Day 2023 – 5 ways to support men at work

International Men’s Day is here to celebrate men and all they do in society, as well as raise awareness of the issues they face.   We want men to know that it is okay to talk and we are here to listen if they are struggling. Men can often feel the pressure to be ‘tough’…

What is Work-Related Stress and how to make a claim – Stress Awareness Day 2023

Stress Awareness Day is here to highlight how stress can affect your life in different ways and how you can get help.   Stress can affect people differently, whether that be at home, work, physically, or psychologically. Read part one of this two-part series here. Every person will have different triggers of stress which means…

Five ways to cope with stress every day – Stress Awareness Day 2023

Stress Awareness Day is here to recognise the impact stress can have on your physical and mental health, as well as highlighting ways to manage it at home and in the workplace.   Stress can be triggered suddenly, by one big anxiety-inducing event in your life or by lots of smaller things that are making…

Male suicide rates and possible factors

A recent article about the urgent need for charity funding to help stem alarming male suicide rates in the UK has us considering possible reasons behind the figures.   Every individual case is as unique as it is utterly tragic, but in this article we explore some of factors that may contribute to so many…