Personnel Today
Gore, nudity and leadership lessons: an HR guide to Game of Thrones
A business psychologist looks behind the gore and Machiavellian manoeuvres of the HBO show's main characters to, not entirely seriously, ponder their leadership qualities
Outsourcing giant faces protests over payroll upgrade
The outsourcing company ISS faces protests today over changes to its payroll system that will see it withhold the pay...
Illuminating the links between LED lighting, health and productivity
LED (or light-emitting diode) lighting is transforming how we light our homes, workplaces and urban spaces. There is excitement it...
CPD: The heat is on – managing thermal comfort and the menopause
Menopausal symptoms can affect all older women and some aged below 45, and can pose challenges for individuals and employers...
Mobile working – get smart about smartphone health and wellbeing
We may all be increasingly connected to our smartphones, but delivering phone-based health and wellbeing benefits has to be about...
The ‘ticking time-bomb’ of chronic illness
Many employers and workplaces are simply not set up to accommodate the realities of employees having progressive, chronic, terminal or...
Reading the runes for the future direction of occupational health
The future direction of occupational health was a central talking point – and the subject of a keynote panel discussion...
How to take precautions to avoid a toxic work environment
Independent investigations into misconduct at both Amnesty International and Oxfam suggest that toxic workplace cultures can have serious consequences. What...
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...
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”...
