October’s World Mental Health Day got me thinking about how well small businesses tackle this issue. In recent decades many health conditions have benefited from public awareness campaigns, resulting in more open dialogue, but mental health remains one area where employers typically feel ill-equipped to support their staff and employees often feel that they need…
Good work is good for us all
The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, which was published this summer, was widely reported in the press for comments about the changing nature of the employer/employee relationship with the rise of the so-called ‘gig economy’. An aspect of the report that wasn’t so widely mentioned was the conclusion that “The shape and content of work,…