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From firefighter to nutritionist: tackling obesity in the fire service
A firefighter for 17 years, Greg Lessons developed an innovative healthy eating programme for London Fire Brigade that lowered BMI...
Remote working: key considerations for junior employees’ development
Employers need to establish clear processes, monitor the quality of work and provide timely feedback if they are to effectively...
Working from home: How HR can deal with the daily dilemmas
With so many people having to reinvent the way they work because of the coronavirus outbreak, Jo Faragher examines how HR professionals may overcome the many difficulties they are bound to face.
Access Group buys CoreHR to form Access People
HR software provider Access Group has acquired CoreHR to create Access People, in the latest in a string of HR...
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Getting your head around cancer – mental health and returning to work post-cancer
Employers needed to be focused on much more than just the physical and workplace adjustments needed for an employee to...
Why your people want to get healthy… but can’t
As anyone who has ever attempted to stick to a fitness routine or cut out junk food knows, it is...
MP defends choice to wear off-the-shoulder dress in Parliament
Labour MP Tracy Brabin has defended her choice of attire after she was criticised for wearing an off-the-shoulder dress in...
Occupational health research round-up: January 2020
Night shifts not linked to pain
Night shift work is not associated with an increased reporting of pain, according to...
Health conscious – does a fit workforce mean a happy workplace?
The benefits of making healthier lifestyle choices are not exactly rocket science, even if many of us struggle to sustain...
CPD: And breathe – managing employees with work-exacerbated asthma
In the UK some three-and-a-half million adults of working age suffer from asthma. Through analysis of the intervention to support...
BAME leadership pipeline flatlining in FTSE 100 firms
Progress on increasing the number of ethnic minority leaders in the UK’s biggest organisations has stalled and there is a...
Occupational health research round-up: November 2019
Workers don’t feel vulnerable to ‘flu
Workers outside healthcare settings do not feel vulnerable to influenza and have, therefore, low...
Crisis or opportunity? The search for answers to occupational health’s workforce shortages
The government’s consultation on occupational health was very clear that the fact OH is and has always been a small...
Not just ‘hot flushes’ – why it’s time employers took the menopause seriously
With up to 80% of menopausal women still of working age, the health risks and sometimes debilitating symptoms that can...
