Insights & Analysis

Demand for sleep support, men’s health and hormonal health is rising sharply among UK employees, suggesting employers need to rethink traditional, single-issue workplace wellbeing benefits.

Mental health has become the most common area of preventative health and wellbeing support offered by UK employers, with 57 per cent providing initiatives designed to help employees manage stress, support their mental health and build resilience.

Corporate wellness partnerships are becoming an increasingly important growth channel for UK gyms and studios, with 74 per cent of operators saying they help them reach audiences their own marketing cannot.

Nearly nine in 10 (87 per cent) UK employers believe they have a responsibility to support employees with health conditions before they reach the point of long-term sickness absence.

Menopause symptoms can leave women leaders feeling depleted at work, with researchers warning that employers risk creating unnecessary barriers to career progression when the impact goes unrecognised or unsupported.

More than one in four employees undergoing workplace health screening were advised to contact their GP after tests identified cardiovascular health markers outside recommended ranges.

For much of the past decade, workplace wellbeing has been shaped around the needs of office-based employees. Flexible working, hybrid policies, digital wellbeing platforms and mental health initiatives have become increasingly common across organisations seeking to improve workforce health. 

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has published new heatwave guidance for employers, calling on organisations to take practical steps to protect workers from heat-related illness, reduce safety risks and maintain productivity as periods of extreme heat become more common. 

According to Healix Health's The Hidden Workplace Healthcare Gap Report, a significant perception gap has emerged between employers and employees over the effectiveness of workplace healthcare, raising fresh questions about whether investment alone is enough to improve workforce health. 

 The Well Crowd caught up with Mark Woodward, Head of Assessments & Innovation at neurobox, to discuss whether neurodiversity is exposing hidden barriers to talent, what psychological safety really means in practice and how employers can create workplaces that allow different thinking styles to thrive. 

The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work has launched a new report calling on organisations to take a more structured approach to measuring workforce health and wellbeing.The report argues that many employers collect data without fully using it to drive business decisions.

More than half of UK employees believe their workplace benefits package is inadequate, according to new research released as Epassi UK unveiled its new brand identity.

Office noise is affecting productivity, wellbeing and employee retention, with new research suggesting poor workplace acoustics could be costing UK businesses more than £40bn a year. 

New thinking from Sownd Affects is bringing renewed attention to acoustics, not as a design afterthought, but as a core component of how people think, feel and function at work. For employers, this represents a shift in perspective. The question is no longer just how to support employees, but whether the environment they are placed in is actively working against them.

UK employees are losing more than three working weeks a year to noise in the office, according to new research highlighting a growing but overlooked barrier to workplace productivity and wellbeing. 

A growing gap has emerged in how supported employees feel at work during periods of stress or illness, with younger workers reporting significantly more positive experiences than their older colleagues. 

For all the progress made in recent years, many workplaces are still designed around a narrow idea of what “normal” looks like. One pace of thinking. One way of communicating. A fixed, and often unchallenged, view of what professionalism should be. Explore what sector leaders have to say about neurodiversity in the workplace

More than five million working days have already been lost to mental ill-health in the UK in 2026, underlining the scale of the issue facing employers and workforce wellbeing strategies.