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One in five people cannot recognise the symptoms of indigestion and 18 per cent believe heartburn is caused by eating food that is too hot, a consumers’ charity has said. …
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The Mental Health Foundation urges that stress at work should be taken more seriously
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Occupational skin disease may be even more prevalent than previously believed, according to new research from the HSE, and many employers are failing to take adequate measures to protect their staff
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No one likes to talk about death, but it is something HR should be prepared for in the event that an employee dies on assignment or on a business trip …
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Two minutes is all it takes to do a risk assessment of the potential for violence in a work situation, training consultant Walter Brennan told the conference. As workplace conflict …
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Training HR professionals and line managers in the integrities of the law is no easy task. But how can you ensure that employment law training is useful and interesting? We take a look at an innovative new approach
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A quarter of a century has passed since laws were introduced to ensure men and women are paid equally for doing the same work. Yet, the Equal Opportunities Commission reports that nearly 20 per cent of women are still earning less than men. Is it time to make pay audits mandatory, as recommended by the Equal Pay Taskforce, or will the Government’s preferred voluntary approach bring an end to pay inequality? Compiled by Sarah-Jane North
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As it approaches its first anniversary, what impact, if any, has the Human Rights Act had on employers? More than you may think. Caroline Waters, head of employment policy at BT, explains how the Act permeates all aspects of employer-employee relationships
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This week’s news Vibration syndrome The management of hand-arm vibration syndrome in the workplace was the subject of a presentation by Fiona Middleton, senior occupational health nurse at Mitsui Babcock …
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Scottish employers, particularly the NHS itself, should be making occupational health a top priority, according to Scotland’s minister for health and community care Susan Deacon. Speaking at the conference, Deacon …
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A proactive risk management approach needs to be adopted to reduce accidents
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The next phase of Securing Health Together, the national occupational health strategy, which was launched in July last year, was the theme of a talk by Elizabeth Gyngell, head of …
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The Labour Party has re-iterated its commitment to closing the gender pay gap by announcing new measures to speed up equal pay tribunal cases. Announcing the changes, employment minister Tessa …
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Half the workforce at arbitration body Acas is making a claim against their employer of indirect sex discrimination. The Public Services and Commercial Services Union is bringing the action on …