With both the government and employers now firmly focused on encouraging workers out of home-working and back into physical workplaces,...
Coronavirus
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The class of 2020 is facing one of the most challenging jobs markets ever experienced, with reports suggesting graduate schemes...
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Progress in addressing gender inequality has stalled during the lockdown, but the new ways of working it has bought could...
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The risks faced by healthcare workers treating patients with viruses that can be transmitted through the air have been highlighted...
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PPE and hand washing causing ‘spike’ in dermatitis among healthcare workers
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonNearly six out of 10 healthcare workers (59%) seen in occupational skin disease clinics set up during the Covid-19 pandemic...
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The intense stresses and strains of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic sparked the highest rates of sickness absence among NHS...
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The government and the rail industry are working to introduce flexible season tickets to encourage employees to return to the...
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Employers can now apply to offer fully-subsidised work placements to 16- to 24-year olds under the government’s Kickstart scheme –...
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The UK’s median absence rate has risen slightly meaning that the typical employee now takes 6.4 days off sick each...
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The summer holiday season raised questions for employers about the impact of self-isolating and quarantining after returning from abroad. A...
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Introducing a four-day working week with no loss of pay in the public sector would create up to half a...
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme continues to wind down today, with employers now having to contribute to furloughed workers’ wages....
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Scotland’s first minister is to set out proposals for ‘new green jobs’ with fair pay and conditions as the country...
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During August, we have been telling the stories of occupational health nurses who have come to the aid of the...
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The government will begin a campaign next week to urge workers back to offices after claims from business groups that...