The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 could be the most significant, and to those with health and safety responsibilities potentially the most alarming piece of legislation implemented in the UK, but are they worrying unnecessarily? Chris Morrison explains.
Wellbeing
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A petite checkout worker has received a payout from her employer after sustaining an arm injury while trying to reach...
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Government to pay specialists to help get people off benefits and into work
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe government has signalled its commitment to pay specialist companies to get people from benefits into work with its Welfare...
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Fit notes will certainly be a healthy improvement on sick ones, but more detail is needed.Plans for a national system...
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Kent County Council has provided its 44,000 employees with access to a web-based gym and fitness centre to help employees...
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New laws coming into force in January will increase the maximum fines that can be imposed on employers that breach...
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More than 200 people were killed at work in the 12 months to April 2008, the Health and Safety Executive...
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Bullying still rife, downturn will increase managers' stress levels, Sainsbury's NVQ, absence levels underestimated.
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Stress and overwork, injuries and illnesses caused by the poor use of display screen equipment, and repetitive strain injuries, are...
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Violence against NHS staff in England rose sharply last year, despite the ‘zero tolerance’ policies of many trusts, statistics have...
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Noel O'Reilly reports from the IRS Managing Absence and Attendance conference in November.
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Greta Thornbory reports from the Higher Education Occupational Practitioners Society (HEOPS) autumn meeting.
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The role of occupational health looks conspicuously absent from Lord Darzi's Our NHS Our Future: Next Stage Review. Nic Paton finds out how the report is being interpreted.
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If occupational health really wants to progress, then it needs to take down its barriers, accept help, and try a little honesty.
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Geny Foster outlines the best ways for occupational health to assist human resources.