Employers planned to make almost half a million redundancies in the first five months of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures...
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Just because a high proportion of employees are away from the office does not mean conflict has disappeared.
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With the threat of a second national lockdown looming and numerous local restrictions being introduced, employers are being urged to...
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Work coaches are to be recruited by the Department for Work and Pensions in their thousands to ‘ramp up support’ for unemployed people.
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As we prepare to celebrate the Personnel Today Awards in November, it’s time to showcase those organisations that made the...
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Octopus Energy has been hailed by the Prime Minister as a world leader in future tech job growth.
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Two major surveys point to home-working becoming a long-term trend.
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Worker in France who didn't know he had Covid-19 despite taking a test was dismissed for serious misconduct.
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Although the health secretary did not give mental health the prominance it deserves in his announcement about the new National...
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The government has published details of the one-off bonus that employers can claim if they keep previously furloughed employees on...
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The sheer expertise and excellence on display meant our judges had an extremely difficult job coming to a decision. But...
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As the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases rose in the last month, employers have been asking questions about testing for...
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Occupational health practitioners will be facing a multifaceted array of coronavirus-related return-to-work challenges as we head through the autumn, a...
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Managing Covid-19 ‘clusters’ set to be a key challenge for occupational health
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonA recent SOM/Royal College of Nursing webinar offered occupational health practitioners valuable advice on how to manage Covid-19 outbreaks as...
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Work environment risk factors for MSDs
Ergonomic improvements and stress reduction interventions are likely to cut the prevalence of sickness...