Clear presenteeism danger

With attendance at work increasingly used as a redundancy selection criterion, presenteeism is an unfortunate – and unhealthy – sign of the times

This column will change your life: other people’s schedules

'At any hour of the day,' Oliver Burkeman says, 'I can tell you what four or five famous people are probably doing, should you wish to know'

Work after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful as smoking, study finds

Women who worked after they were eight months pregnant had babies who weighed 230g less on average

‘It’s one big cesspit here’: Thurrock, the country’s capital of misery

It finished last in the government's wellbeing survey, but what do Thurrock's residents really think about their home borough

We should be paying more attention to the emotional labour of teaching

Emotional labour requires workers to display certain emotions as part of their job, but are academics aware, equipped and supported to do so?

Does job insecurity make you less likely to take sick leave?

Open thread: Sick days are on the decline and it has been suggested that recent falls are linked to the recession. Tell us your experiences

A working life: the sleep disorder specialist

A sleep disorder where you kick or snore your way through the night can drive people to the verge of divorce. Meet Dr Peter Venn whose mission is to restore peace

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: will chemotherapy affect my job?

Treatment can be tiring and isolating, but some research suggests that leading as normal a life as possible may help cancer patients

Chronic lack of sleep affects one in three British workers

Exhausted UK staff are putting their jobs before their health, warns study

How America became a nation of freelancers

Teresa Wiltz: The economy is recovering, unemployment is down. But the old jobs are gone: benefit-free contract working is the new normal