‘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

The secret to coping without an ill colleague

Do you moan when one of your team is off sick? It could be worse, they could be spreading it around the office

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should I go to work with a cold?

Do you stay at home to stop others catching it, or head to work because you don't want to put your colleagues under extra pressure?

Back to work: lose the post-holiday blues

How to lose weight, recover your energy and get back into the swing of things