Do you work more than 39 hours a week? Your job could be killing you

Long hours, stress and physical inactivity are bad for our wellbeing – yet we’re working harder than ever. Isn’t it time we fought back?

The joy and relief of saying no: how I learned to stop worrying and turn people down

At first, saying yes to everything was a boon to my social life and my career. Then my workload started to get out of hand and I became racked with guilt

The price of driving down care home costs? Staff who quit after a few weeks

Making money out of the sick, feeble and helpless means treating them and their care workers like rubbish. No wonder turnover is so high

What are the perfect office hours for our body clocks?

Two-thirds of people in Britain say they would prefer an earlier start and finish to the working day, but for many it might be better to opt for later hours

Men in UK enjoy more leisure time than women, study shows

ONS survey reveals men take an average of 40 minutes more than women, with mass media people’s main indulgence

‘Don’t be ashamed’ – readers’ tips for improving mental health at work

From mindful meditation to changing jobs, readers share their tips on dealing with mental health problems at work

Japanese woman ‘dies from overwork’ after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month

Fate of media worker Miwa Sado, 31, piles pressure on authorities to address large number of deaths linked to labour practices

Do yoga, work harder: how productivity co-opted relaxation

Holidays, procrastination and drug-taking were once ways to escape work. Now leisure has been reappropriated to aid work. So is anything actually considered unproductive nowadays?

How yoga and meditation can help social care workers deal with trauma

Dedicating time to improving workers’ wellbeing, through meditative and mindful practices, could vastly benefit patient care

‘People want a family, a social life’: the part-time working revolution

From doctors to teachers, millennials to older women, more than half of us now work flexibly. But is it a lifestyle choice, or a way to deal with increasing stress?