Personnel Today
Top 10 HR questions January 2019: Holiday pay, overtime and tax on exit payments
How should employers deal with overtime when calculating holiday pay? Does it make a difference if the overtime is voluntary,...
‘We are differently abled, not necessarily disabled’
Angus Baskerville was diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADHD at the age of 15. He told the audience at last year’s...
Making the invisible visible – supporting neurodiversity in the workplace
Neurodiversity in the workplace – workers with autism, Asperger’s, dyslexia and other “invisible” neurological disabilities – was the subject of...
CPD: Minimising exposure to hand-arm vibration
Effective health surveillance and risk assessment and management are key to preventing and mitigating hand-arm vibration. But occupational health also...
Understanding the links between health and organisational productivity
Encouraging better health is not just good for individual employees, it also makes them – and their organisations – more...
Under pressure – how can we better protect health professionals from burnout?
NHS England’s announcement of a new mental health support scheme for doctors has put the pressures faced by health professionals...
Occupational health research round-up: January 2019
Growing issue of “leavism” within police forces
“Leavism” is a recently coined term to describe attendance issues at work other...
Future working, future risks – why we need a debate around AI, new tech and health and safety
Technology is transforming both our work and leisure lives, bringing opportunities but also risks, predominantly around precarious working, “always on”...
Work-related stress: unpicking psychosocial risk and hazard
Work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounts for a staggering 40% of work-related ill-health and 49% of working days lost, before...
Non-disclosure agreements: the role they play in resolving disputes
XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman argues that any curbing of the abuse of confidentiality clauses needs to be done without...
Triage: the (mostly) missing link in OH mental health
Occupational mental health cases are normally not emergencies. Yet, supporting management and HR to adopt a triage approach to initial...
Is NHS occupational health at breaking point?
An NHS England consultation on how to spend extra funding announced by the government last summer has cast a spotlight...
Occupational health research round-up: December 2018
Measles immunity in healthcare workers
Healthcare workers have an increased exposure risk to measles, potentially putting them, their patients and...
Message centre – understanding and articulating the occupational health ‘brand’
Occupational health practitioners are, rightly, always focused on delivering excellence. But with government reviewing the future shape of OH, Nick...
Low-skilled EU workers could benefit from 11-month visa
Leaked Cabinet papers suggest that the Home Office is drawing up plans to issue low-skilled migrants with 11-month visas “with...
