How to communicate openly and build a supportive culture around menopause? What can HR people do? It's still taboo in many places, but the main symptoms of menopause - hot flashes, sleep disturbances and mood swings - can be a serious challenge in the workplace and it affects the manager and the team. Topic expert Maria Koch continues her series of articles.

Menopause, also known as menopause, is a natural stage of life that involves significant physical and psychological changes. While it is increasingly discussed in social discourse, it often remains a taboo subject in the workplace. This is particularly problematic because menopause takes place in women during their active working years. Mária Koch is a menopause researcher and founder of a corporate programme series on HR Portal.

Since the outbreak, the pressure and stress on workers has increased significantly, and employers need to respond to this, as mental health has an impact on productivity and employee satisfaction.

The majority of Hungarians are aware that eating during the day can significantly improve or even worsen our performance at work, yet in practice we tend to forget this, says Eisberg's Colourful Bowls Research conducted on Opinio. Three quarters of those surveyed in the representative study spend half an hour or less on lunch, and a fifth less than 15 minutes. The research also showed that the majority of Hungarian workers swear by home cooking at work.

There is constant innovation in the office market, offering new solutions and alternatives to the changes of recent years. Sustainability and community building remain the key trends, and we are seeing the institutionalisation of the hybrid model, while the rise of artificial intelligence will bring many more innovations to the market. On 4 April, the winners were announced in 13 categories at the Office of the Year competition, which traditionally honours offices, office buildings, community spaces and interior design companies.

\"If we forget how to recharge. We forget that the evening is not the time to take work home and continue at home, but to relax. If we work on weekends too...\" - these are all signs of workaholism, says István Garai, mental health professional, workaholic, one of the organisers of the Workaholics Anonymous (WA) self-help group. Telex journalist reported on one of the meetings of the group, which has been operating for ten years.

Nine out of ten workers in the UK have experienced high or extreme levels of pressure and stress in the past year, according to a recent survey. An expert has put together a list of ways we can actively help our employees.

The number of people leaving the UK labour market because of long-term illness has now risen to its highest level since the 1990s, according to a report, bbc.com reports.

Owl or lark? - everyone has heard the question and can put themselves in one of the two camps. So it's not a far-fetched idea that the best way to get the most out of workers is to allow them to do their jobs when they feel like it, when their biological hours and circumstances allow them to perform at their best. This phenomenon could be called "casual work", but bbc.com has published an article about it under the heading "chronoworking".

In 2021/22, 34% of people aged between 18 and 24 reported having a mental disorder.

Researchers at the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology (EPP) have uncovered the cognitive characteristics of work addiction in a groundbreaking study. Their results show several substantial differences in thinking and memory between workaholics and non-workaholics.

Luxembourg, Reykjavik and Berlin are among the top ten European cities where people are most satisfied with their jobs, according to a report on the quality of life in European cities published by schengenvisainfo.com.

There are several signs when a worker is suffering from stress at work. But what are these symptoms and how can a manager tell if an employee is going through a difficult time?