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Is there any such thing as a simple termination any more? Even the most straightforward resignation or dismissal can be fraught with implications. David Morgan and Stephen Brown work through some typical situations
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Is the law deliberately designed to make your life difficult? Some days it is hard to believe it isn’t. Here two leading lawyers sound off about some particularly topical bugbears. And, they warn, don’t expect things to get any better…
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Employers have been waiting for new Tupe regulations for nearly two years. With a consultation document now on the horizon, John mcmullen, one of the country’s leading Tupe experts, takes an “inspired guess” as to what it might contain
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What is the role of an NHS occupational health department in minimising the impact of the influenza virus on health care workers?
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In this new series we publish an actual professional problem encountered by a reader and suggest some ways of dealing with it.
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This month’s news Wood stacking guide Guidance on the safe stacking of sawn timber and board materials has been published by the Health and Safety Executive. The revised Woodworking Information …
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Nurses are ideally positioned to raise the subject of alcohol abuse with their clients and, for those with a problem, even a brief intervention can make all the difference
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New guidance aimed at improving health and safety during the turnaround between a civil aircraft landing and taking off has been drawn up by the Health and Safety Executive. Aircraft …
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Numbers of local authority are dropping and this means work for OH nurses
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This month’s news Swiss life buys MTL Occupational healthcare specialist MTL Medical Services has been bought by the UK arm of Swiss life assurance firm Swiss Life. MTL would fit …
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Working conditions in Europe are getting worse, not better, with more work-related health problems coming to light, research has found. The first results of the third European Survey on Working …
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This month’s news Respirator fit A three-part research report, An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Performance of Power Assisted Full-face piece Respirators in use has been drawn up by the …
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Volunteer-based Safety Information Centres can help small businesses to improve their health and safety management systems, research has shown. The study by the Health and Safety Executive examined how two …
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Health care professionals need to reassess their definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, as the condition is increasingly being used to label a growing list of relatively commonplace events, according to …
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Health "weather forecasts" designed to give early warnings of increases in illness are being tested at five sites around England. The comprehensive forecasts are being drawn up by Oxfordshire GP …