The conversation around women’s health in the workplace has changed significantly in recent years. Menopause has moved from being a relatively overlooked issue to an increasingly important workplace health, equality and retention priority. Policy and professional standards are also beginning to reflect this shift, with further requirements around gender equality and menopause support expected to develop over the coming years. But women’s health at work is much broader.

What is employee burnout? According to the World Health Organisation, burnout is a clinically recognised syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been adequately managed. It is defined by three core dimensions: exhaustion, cynicism, and professional inefficacy. It's not a character flaw or a 'sign of weakness', it's most accurately understood as an organisational failure, not an individual one. The UK burnout picture in 2026: the data is stark Nine in ten

Most sickness absence doesn't begin on the day an employee calls in sick. It often begins weeks or months earlier, with poor sleep, rising stress, recurring headaches, untreated health conditions, reduced physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns or declining mental wellbeing. By the time someone is absent from work, there have usually been multiple missed opportunities for prevention. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an estimated 33.7 million working da