Employers have a fundamental duty of care for the health, safety and welfare of their employees.

Explore our resources to garner knowledge on the UK health and safety legislation. Take a look at our guides, factsheets and case law reports on workplace safety and returning to the workplace. Also find out more about the legal issues pertaining from employee stress at work. 

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Factsheets

Regularly-updated factsheets provide overviews and information on a topic

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Factsheets
Occupational health
Outlines the kind of occupational health services an organisation might offer and the role of confidentiality and consent in discussing an employee’s health
Factsheets
Health and safety at work
Outlines employers’ health and safety obligations in the UK

Employment law

Practical resources to help you address employment law issues at work, and keep up with recent and pending legislation.

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Employment law
Health and safety: UK employment law
Explore our collection of resources around legal issues surrounding health and safety at work, including employers' obligations
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Guides

Designed for practitioners, our guides provide recommendations and advice on how to apply good practice in the workplace.

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Guides
Supporting your workforce in a crisis event
Key considerations and resources to help you support your people in exceptional times

Reports

Research and analysis by experts from CIPD and partner organisations

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Reports
Inclusion at work: perspectives on LGBT+ working lives
CIPD research highlights the key barriers and enablers to help people professionals improve LGBT+ workplace inclusion

Case studies

Learn from real world examples of how other people professionals and organisations work with the CIPD to approach key challenges and objectives.

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Case studies
Supporting employee financial wellbeing: Leek Building Society
Case study on how one organisation implemented a range of pay and benefits measures to support employee financial wellbeing
Case studies
Supporting employee financial wellbeing: A Singapore-based aerospace company
Case study on how a lunchtime seminar programme is helping employees plan for retirement

Thought leadership

Insight and foresight from our experts in people and the world of work

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Thought leadership
Reform SSP to ensure a better financial safety net for workers during illness
Rachel Suff makes the case for reform to the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and outlines the CIPD’s recommendations to government on how the system could be changed
Thought leadership
Mapping the future of people's health at work – the UK Government responds
Rachel Suff analyses the UK Government’s proposals to reduce ill-health related job loss in their latest report: Health is everyone’s business.
Thought leadership
Ill health-related job loss: Radical reform to inspire radical change?
Rachel Suff sets out the UK Government’s consultation, ‘Health is everyone’s business’
Thought leadership
Health at work: prevention is better than cure
Rachel Suff calls for employers to do more to create healthier working environments so prevent mental and physical illnesses for staff
Thought leadership
Health and safety at work: Half-full or half-empty?
With the rate of physical injuries at work having fallen, stress and depression is on the rise, Mark Beatson explains the statistics and what’s causing people stress at work

Webinars

Webinar recordings providing expert guidance

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Webinars
'Living with COVID-19' strategy: advice for employers
Watch our webinar to hear our panel of experts discuss how to take a reasonable approach to these changes while still prioritising employee health and safety
Webinars
Understanding the impact of long COVID
Watch our webinar and learn more about the impact of long COVID, how you can best support employees grappling with the condition and managing a return to work after a long absence

Bitesize research

Your regular overview of current research, inspiring insights and cutting-edge ideas in bitesize

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Bitesize research
Linking mental health with workplace conditions
Explore the relationship between workplace and employee mental health
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2023 Applied Research Conference: Papers and submissions

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