Wellbeing in business: How to help your teams manage stress and burnout

With the opportunities of hybrid working and the time-saving advances of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), employees should in theory have more time to spend on the more pleasurable and less mundane aspects of their working life. Yet for many people, the modern workplace feels more pressured and less enjoyable than ever before.

Marianne Curphey

11 February 2026

The recent Health and Wellbeing at Work report by the CIPD revealed record levels of sickness absence in offices around the UK which were the highest in 15 years. It found that nearly nine million working age people live with work limiting health conditions and warns that as people continue to live and work longer, organisations must adapt to support them effectively.

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