This column will change your life: Just the job

Living to work? Working to live? Oliver Burkeman suggests an alternative

China suicides show the terrible toll that stress can take

Stephen Bevan: For some, work can resemble a living hell - and this is true in the west as well as in China

The general practitioner: Patient minded

Over 30 years, Judith Yates has met generations of families at her inner-city surgery. But her next appointment is with retirement, she tells Graham Snowdon

How to survive workplace stress in the recession

Stress is on the rise, due to the recession. Emine Saner hears how to survive job insecurity, huge workloads and those very long hours

Working with your hands: the secret to happiness?

Feel empty and unfulfilled? Tired all the time? Do you sit at your desk wondering what use your job is to anyone? Maybe you should do something practical, says Oliver Burkeman

Pass notes No 2,753: Happiness

The Movement for Happiness is recruiting a director. Are you perky enough?

If you only do one thing this week … look after your eyes

Most of us spend hours every day in front of a computer monitor. Sandra Haurant suggests you take screen breaks often and get your eyes tested regularly

Snow: frequently asked questions

The roads are covered in ice, your kids are driving you mad, and the cupboards are bare – what to do?

Should I tell on a colleague who I think is faking a back problem?

A reader wonders if he should tell the boss about an absentee co-worker who has been spotted riding his bike

Mediation moves beyond the bitterness

A neutral discussion of her situation helps a stressed manager find a viable alternative to an industrial tribunal.