Noel O'Reilly
About Noel O'Reilly
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The occupational health role in tackling asbestos in schools
Asbestos in schools remains a live issue and occupational health practitioners have a role to play both in schools directly...
British Business Bank makes off with Award for Excellence in Public Service HR
The HR strategy pursued by British Business Bank particularly impressed the judges at the Personnel Today Awards, but the state-owned...
BAE Systems lands Award for Managing Change
The defence and aerospace giant was victorious in the field for Managing Change at the Personnel Today Awards 2017. We...
Great Western Railway pulls in for HR Impact Award
We look at the changes made by Great Western Railway that helped it win the category and at the innovative...
Hannover Re takes premium prize in Award for Health and Wellbeing
By detailing the success of its management development schemes designed to improve wellbeing, reinsurance giant Hannover Re won over the...
Wolverhampton Homes now houses Youth Employment Initiative prize
Each of the entrants for this category recently launched initiatives that have increased youth employee numbers with pre-employment support and...
Mental health at work review calls for legal changes as thousands lose jobs
A high-level review of mental health at work has found that 300,000 people lose their jobs every year due to...
Employee wellbeing at John Lewis reflects the partnership culture
John Lewis Partnership has developed an approach to employee wellbeing that reflects the values of its founder and today’s business...
Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...
New SOM medical malpractice indemnity policy for occupational health practitioners
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is offering a new medical malpractice indemnity policy for nurses who work in occupational...
Workplace wellbeing strategies linked to HR goals are on the rise
Higher numbers of employers have adopted workplace wellbeing strategies in the past year than in previous years and they are...
IES conference: the good, the bad and the plain daft in work and wellbeing
The recent annual conference of the Institute for Employment Studies took place just after the health and disability Green Paper...
“Broken” fit note and fit for work scheme face overhaul
The Government has announced plans to overhaul the GP fit note and statutory sick pay, as well as reform the...
Cancer is top cause of long-term sickness absence claims, report shows
Cancer accounts for almost one-third of all long-term sickness absence claims paid through income protection in the last year, according...
Call for right to return to work within a year for people on disability-related sickness absence
A thinktank has called for a right-to-return-to-work period of one year for people on disability-related sickness absence or with long-term...
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