Fit for Work is a Government-funded service providing occupational health assessments on referral from the employee's GP or employer, where an employee is absent from work for at least four weeks. It also provides advice for employers, employees and GPs on matters relating to health and work.
Ministers are considering bringing in annual health checks for workers and subsidies for smaller businesses to offer occupational health.
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More health professionals have been given the power to certify and issue fit notes to employees who are absent because of sickness.
Pilots’ unions have strongly criticised comments by the head of low cost airline Wizz Air after he appeared to call on crew to work despite being tired.
An IPPR report suggests the pandemic has resulted in significant UK labour market changes.
The EHRC's head of policy says that, in the absence of clear legislation, employers should treat staff who have long Covid as if they have a disability.
There’s a whole new category of presenteeism that needs to be considered. This is the idea that individuals feel they are unable to bring their true selves to the workplace.
A think-tank has urged the government to make investment in mental health a priority in the comprehensive spending review.
While not formally recognised as a disability, the effect long Covid may have on a person's ability to work may mean it should be considered as such.
The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic was a steep learning curve for all employers, but in particular bus and...
Many people suffering with ‘long Covid’ are still unable to fully work six months after their initial coronavirus infection, according...
Health and wellbeing provider BHSF has conducted 3,500 ‘contact free’ return-to-work medical assessments in the past six months.
Its occupational...
Mental ill health accounted for four in 10 fit notes issued by GPs during the first lockdown in the spring,...
The UK should put in place ‘Sustainable Workplace Health Strategies’ for each of its nations, the British Occupational Hygiene Society...
Research from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has argued that people suffering from ‘long Covid’ – or often...
