A Bupa-funded study by Warwick Medical School and specialist consultancy Work2Health looks at the impact of tailored interventions on workplace health. Nick Warr reports.
Occupational Health
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Research shows that employers remain positive about the merits of employee benefits and health insurance, but which elements do workers really value? Nic Paton reports.
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Redundancy linked to increase in drinking
Britons affected by redundancy are increasingly hitting the bottle, a survey by the charity... -
E.ON’s human resource and occupational health departments worked closely with Nuffield Proactive Health in developing a pioneering on-site wellbeing programme for employees working at its UK offices.
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With the World Health Organisation declaring swine flu a global pandemic, nearly two out of five employers still do not...
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More than half of HR and health and safety staff believe too much is expected of them when it comes...
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Tesco Dotcom, the supermarket chain’s home delivery service, has won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) top...
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An academic has warned that the health and safety of the UK’s estimated 3.5 million shift workers is being put...
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Rehabilitation standards
The UK Rehabilitation Council in May published standards for purchasers, providers and consumers on what to expect and... -
People with low back pain should stay as physically active as possible, and should be provided with advice and information...
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Health firm Bupa has launched a new hair analysis test that, it says, can tell if an employee has taken...
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Hospitals across Europe could soon be legally required to take action to prevent needlestick injuries to their staff after European...
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Most employers that define long-term absence as lasting at least four weeks, will share responsibility for managing such absence between...
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OH will have a major role to play if the government’s new ‘fit note’ scheme is to work properly.GPs will...
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Premier Partnership has been invited by NEBOSH to pilot their new National Certificate in Health and Well-being at Work course. Dame...