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Fit for Work Service pilots were launched in an attempt to tackle issues with sickness absence management. Occupational health adviser...

Tennis elbow can severely limit the ways in which a person is able to move their arm. Occupational health specialists...

Case of the week: JP Morgan Europe Ltd v Chweidan
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Mr Chweidan was employed by JP Morgan as an...

Occupational health professionals have a key role in hammering home to employers that stress and mental ill health are not...

Setting up an occupational health service to support the military can pose a number of difficult challenges. Carolynne Davey discusses...

The reasons that people sign on to incapacity benefits are subject to large regional variations, latest research has concluded.A study...

The latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive have shown that of the 28.5 million days lost to work-related...

It is essential to identify the causes of work-related disorders for advisers to solve the problem. Body mapping is a...

Nearly half of employers consider long-term sick leave to be a problem for their business, with more than a quarter...

TUI Travel, the world’s leading leisure travel company, has appointed health risk management consultancy, Healthcare RM, to integrate all existing...

Manual handling injuries could be avoided by using assessment tools, say Walter Brennan and Petrus du Plessis.According to the Health...

Six months after its implementation, how does the fit note fit into the workplace? Joe Paton and Emma Riches report...

How useful is the occupational health evidence base in practice? Nic Paton asks the experts.What should be the evidence base...

British firms remain deeply concerned about the burden of health and safety legislation, and are particularly worried about additional red tape...

A case study sheds light on how to manage carpal tunnel syndrome at work, explain Julie Gormley and Anne Harriss.Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are...