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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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Oxytocin helps us connect, feel empathy and trust; serotonin regulates anxiety, happiness and well-being ; and endorphins reduce pain and stress while boosting mood and self-esteem. economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs.

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Most people now at risk of poor mental health as a result of social exclusion

Workplace Insight

More than half of people in the UK have experienced social exclusion in the past year, leading to poor mental health and wellbeing, according to a new report from BUPA in partnership with ParalympicsGB. Notably, people living with a disability (72 percent) are more likely to experience exclusion.

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Knowledge workers have a particularly unhealthy relationship with work

Workplace Insight

Three quarters of UK knowledge workers say they have an unhealthy relationship with work and two thirds of those say that work has had a negative effect on their health and wellbeing. Physical: Mental and emotional health can make it harder to maintain physical well-being. When they’re not happy at all, that number rises to 91 percent.