Fatal collisions involving people who drive as part of their jobs cost the UK more than £1.6bn in 2007, latest...
Wellbeing
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The leading employment and occupational health lawyer Diana Kloss has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list....
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New guidance was issued to GPs in January about how they should prepare for, and what to expect from, a...
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The notion that the UK is rife with a health and safety-based compensation culture is false, with most people who...
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There is still widespread ignorance among the UK population about what constitutes healthy eating, drinking and exercise, according to a...
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Occupational health (OH) departments are being warned they could find themselves at the sharp end of dealing with the emotional...
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Workers who travel frequently on business are being warned to watch out for ‘laptop shoulder’, caused by carrying or working...
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Employees win the right to accrue holiday while on sick leaveThe long-running case of Stringer v HMRC has finally reached...
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More than 40,000 police officers, soldiers, snipers and special agents have been employed to guard the inauguration of Barack Obama...
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Due to the pressures of running the business during the current economic downturn, some of our senior management are becoming...
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Breaches of health and safety law could land directors, managers, officers and other employees with a prison sentence from today,...
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CDM2007, developer of the e-learning portal dedicated to CDM training, has warned construction companies that unless they ensure that their...
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The number one new year’s resolution for senior managers in 2009 is to manage their stress better, according to a...
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New legislation will significantly increase the penalties available for health and safety offences. The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008...
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With the government putting increasing pressure on employers to take responsibility for their workers' health, Noel O'Reilly argues that the time is right for HR to make the case for investing in effective absence management and workplace wellbeing.