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As drug and alcohol abuse continues to increase among the UK workforce it still remains tabu, but policies need to be enforced to support employees with problems
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Back pain is the single biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK. Between 1996 and 1997 119 million working days were lost at a cost to industry of £6bn. In the region of 60 per cent of adults suffer from back pain every year and 30 per cent are chronic sufferers. The Occupational Health resource guide offers readers a selection of useful contacts surrounding the topic
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The key issue for employers over the new Data Protection Act is forward planning. The new Act is more complex than its forebear and uses new terminology. Mike Hibbs offers a guide to formulating a policy
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Personnel’s bid for business power is faltering. Until the profession addresses skills shortages among its membership, it will have no claim to seats on the board. Helen Rowe reportsPeople policies …
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The City stands accused of failing to modernise key aspects of its employment practices. The focus of the criticism is the area of discrimination against women. Two high profile cases …
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Choosing a new name is the perfect way of altering the public’s perception of your business. As well as clarifying which goods or services are on offer, it can also …
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Just when we thought the true role of people management was making a long overdue comeback, look at the privatised utilities. The recent spate of competitive sackings does not suggest …
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• A couple of hundred years ago, the first day of the working week used to be known as Saint Monday. Such was the penchant of factory workers to declare …
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With overseas meetings costing no more than in the UK, many firms now take staff and contacts to more exotic climes. By Jane LewisOverseas conferencing has never been more popular, …
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Rewarding staff the Anglo-Saxon way • French giant Alcatel has broken national tradition by granting 7.2 million stock options to 99 per cent of its staff worldwide. It is adopting …
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The EAT’s clarification of "disability" definition under discrimination Act puts employers in tribunal spotlight The Employment Appeal Tribunal has given further guidance on the definition of disability under the Disability …
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When an employer pays a sum of money to an employee by way of a termination settlement, the employer will want to ensure the employee cannot then turn around, having …
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Carmichael and another v National Power, IRLR January 2000, House of Lords • Two individuals worked as guides on a "casual as required basis". There was an exchange of letters …
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Honesty the key to keeping staff • The article on the problems of graduates and their career progression (7 December) shows very little seems to have changed since I last …
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Shareholders will increasingly insist on fuller statements of HRpractices. So is there commercial advantage in publishing a statement of personnel practices in your Report and Accounts? By Caroline HornThere are …