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Reaching out – combating loneliness when working from home

This week is Mental Health Awareness week and the theme this year is loneliness. Loneliness is a serious issue for people working from home on a regular basis, and it can have a significant impact on wellbeing if not addressed.

Liam Perry - 13 May 2022

Health and safety

Tackling loneliness when working from home

Using our collective power to secure good mental health

The relationship between instability and poor mental health are underlined in a landmark research exercise released today by Equity for Mental Health Awareness Week.

Ian Manborde - 12 May 2022

Health and safety

Actors

Mental Health Matters

A look at our Mental Health Matters series and the personal testimony of our TUC North West executive member Karen Kendrick.

Karen Kendrick - 12 May 2021

Mental Health Matters

The benefits of technology at work should be for everyone, not just employers and big tech companies

The use of new technology to manage how we work has risen during the coronavirus pandemic. But without new rules on how we deal with this, it could mean working people losing out.

Mary Towers - 30 Nov 2020

Economy, jobs and pay

How to resist the 'resilience' narrative – and organise for less stressful work

If we want to combat harmful work-related stress, we need to start by changing work, not ourselves.

Shelly Asquith - 10 Oct 2020

Health and safety

Woman looking stressed at desk

Coronavirus - a turning point for cycling to work?

Wales is becoming a safer place to cycle. Local authorities have new funding to set up networks of segregated ‘pop-up’ cycleways and more people are getting out and about on their bikes. Will this lead to a long-term change in the way we travel to work? And what can unions do to get employers to provide support and facilities for those who want to cycle?

Jo Rees - 06 Aug 2020

Health and safety

Woman cycling to work

A new job in a new world

I’ve recently joined the Wales TUC team so have first-hand experience of the challenges a new starter faces, and the bizarre circumstances they will need to adjust to. I’ve put together some advice on how to navigate the strange waters of a starting a new job during the coronavirus.

Liam Perry - 24 Jun 2020

Health and safety in the workplace

Starting a new job

Testing and tracing for Covid-19 must be fair – and proportionate

Equal access to testing and robust privacy are key to delivering a successful track and trace regime for coronavirus.

Natasha Owusu - 23 May 2020

Health and safety

TRACKING APP

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