Anticipated ‘legacy’ benefits of increased adult participation in sports and exercise from the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics have failed to materialise.
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Millions of often working-age people across the UK are still experiencing long-term, potentially debilitating, health symptoms following a Covid-19 infection...
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Analyst company Gartner has issued its top 2023 predictions for HR leaders, and the appearance of hybrid working and expanding...
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Night work is associated with a host of health risks, due to disruptions to the circadian rhythm. Here's what occupational health professionals need to know.
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The government is almost a decade behind achieving its target for England to be smoke free by 2030, a leading cancer charity has warned.
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Many employees are seeing their bills rising, real pay falling, and their health and wellbeing worsening.
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An employee who lost his job for refusing to work during the pandemic, claiming his workplace posed a ‘serious and...
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More than a million people living with cardiovascular or respiratory conditions in privately rented properties could be at greater risk...
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A rehabilitation programme based on a gradual or paced increase in physical activity has shown “exciting” results in helping people...
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Racism has been the “fundamental cause” of Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, a study from Manchester University has...
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A stone mason who contracted silicosis after allegedly being exposed to dust while working on Elgin Cathedral in Scotland has accepted a £3.5m compensation settlement.
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A care home operator had the right to dismiss employees who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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Winter depression: how can employers reduce mental health-related absence?
by Kate Martinby Kate MartinAs we rapidly approach the shortest day of the year (21 December), reduced sunlight combined with extra pressure from the...
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Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...
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Even before the current freezing weather, more than four out of 10 people felt the cost-of-living crisis was affecting their...