Return to work

The huge mental health consequences of the pandemic will continue to affect workplaces as we move into an endemic phase. How are organisations and OSH professionals tackling the mental health crisis?

In the latest of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring risks are well managed, we focus on rehabilitation and the journey back to work.

Chris Preston, founder and director of The Culture Builders, on how transitioning to the new world of work requires understanding the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic.

Four industry leaders discuss how workplaces continue to change in the face of new and emerging risks after two years of the COVID pandemic.

Although companies are scaling down working from home and slowly returning to the office, lots of business operations are still happening remotely, such as training.

A joint report from two United Nations (UN) agencies includes measures that employers should put in place, including providing effective OSH support, so that workers’ health is adequately protected while they undertake teleworking.

A new report published today (8 February) by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) puts forward recommendations to help employers adapt their health and wellbeing plans and policies so they can better support employees suffering from long COVID

Jo Frape, OSH content developer at IOSH, grieves for the hustle and bustle of the pre-pandemic workplace and says employers will need to be sympathetic to the anxieties of those returning to work.

Businesses that are considering removing a hybrid working option and bringing workers back to the office full time risk losing more than half of their staff, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by Microsoft UK.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is urging employers to review their absence management policies, processes and practices so that they also reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employee long-term absence.