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Sickness absence management

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    Quarter of people with COPD wait five years for diagnosis

    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022

    Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...

    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health
    • Sickness absence management

    Warning that EU ‘sunsetting’ Bill could harm health and safety

    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022

    Plans to scrap swathes of European Union-derived health and safety regulations risk increasing accidents and work-related ill health, it has been warned.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Big freeze heightening cost of living health concerns

    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022

    Even before the current freezing weather, more than four out of 10 people felt the cost-of-living crisis was affecting their...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    Pandemic led to ‘devastating’ record rise in alcohol-related deaths

    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022

    There were a record number of deaths from alcohol-specific causes in the UK last year, latest data has shown.

    • Occupational Health
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Older managers more likely to feel ‘not my job’ to support employee health

    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022

    Older line managers are less likely to feel it’s their job to support the health and wellbeing of their employees than their younger counterparts.

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Disability

    Two in five with less visible disabilities hiding health from employer

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2022

    Research finds 43% of people with a less visible disability have avoided telling their employer about it, which could be exacerbating their health condition.

    • Coronavirus
    • Research
    • Occupational Health

    Study shows FFP3 masks could cut NHS Covid-19 absence

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2022

    Research finds NHS hospitals could cut sickness absence and Covid-19 infections by permanently switching from surgical masks to FFP3 masks.

    • Fit for Work
    • Financial wellbeing
    • Fit notes

    Warnings over patients unable to afford sick leave or eye tests

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    The cost-of-living crisis is causing people to refuse fit or sick notes from their GPs because they cannot afford to...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    OH overlooked in call for better support for black people with mental illness

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    More innovative approaches need to be used to communicate the benefits of regular physical health checks for people with severe mental illness from Black African and Caribbean communities, a report has suggested.

    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus

    Work-related Covid infections up a third, HSE analysis suggests

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022

    More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...

    • Occupational Health
    • Sickness absence management

    Quarter of employers reporting rising sickness levels

    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022

    One employer in four (26%) has seen an increase in staff being off sick compared to a year ago.

    • Long Covid
    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus

    TUC joins call for long Covid to be recognised as a disability

    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022

    The TUC has joined the organisations calling for long Covid to be recognised as a disability under the Equality Act...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Disability

    Call to improve support for rare autoimmune and rheumatic diseases

    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022

    People living with rare autoimmune and rheumatic diseases are suffering from 'alarming' disparities in the quality of care and treatment they receive.

    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Warning over shipping container risks to health

    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022

    Workers unloading or moving freight from shipping containers at British ports can be exposed to hazardous substances, says HSE.

    • Conditions
    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health

    Five ways employers can reduce diabetes-related absence

    by Ian Wharton 18 Nov 2022
    by Ian Wharton 18 Nov 2022

    With diabetes likely to become more prevalent in future, organisations must ensure employees are able to manage the condition effectively...

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