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    Win the chance to turn your company smoking room into a gym

    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2007
    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2007

    Personnel Today has teamed up with wellbeing consultancy Nuffield Proactive Health to give readers the chance to turn their company...

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    Phone use policies should say ‘switch off mobiles while driving’

    by Alex Blyth 13 Mar 2007
    by Alex Blyth 13 Mar 2007

    At the end of February, penalties for using a hand-held phone while driving became much more severe. The £30 roadside...

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    Government comes under pressure to make discrimination against obese people illegal

    by Karen Dempsey 13 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 13 Mar 2007

    The government is coming under increasing pressure to make ‘fattism’ unlawful after The Obesity Awareness & Solutions Trust (TOAST) stepped up...

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    Smoking: how to help your workers quit

    by Natalie Cooper 13 Mar 2007
    by Natalie Cooper 13 Mar 2007

    If you or any of your team are one of the UK’s 12 million adults who smoke, did you know...

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    UK staff believe they are the healthiest in Europe

    by Mark Crail 13 Mar 2007
    by Mark Crail 13 Mar 2007

    Workers in the UK are among the healthiest of any in Europe, according to a survey of more than 29,000...

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    Obesity and the workplace: a focus on fattism and weight discrimination

    by Personnel Today 12 Mar 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Mar 2007

    Obesity is a growing problem. Currently, one in five adults in the UK is dangerously overweight - and experts predict that this will leap to one in three by 2010.

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    Surgeon-general lieutenant general Louis Lillywhite defends Selly Oak hospital’s treatment of injured solders

    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2007

    The military’s head of medicine has responded to reports of horrific neglect of injured soldiers by insisting that the Armed...

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    UnumProvident report reveals mental ill health costs the UK economy £10bn a year

    by Personnel Today 12 Mar 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Mar 2007

    Mental ill health costs the UK economy £10bn a year, claims a report by a leading disability insurer. A study...

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    Smoking staff at Warwickshire County Council offered stop-smoking advice from colleagues

    by Mike Berry 12 Mar 2007
    by Mike Berry 12 Mar 2007

    Staff at Warwickshire County Council who want to quit smoking are being offered help and advice from other staff members, some...

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    Employers ignore the social stigma on obesity

    by Karen Dempsey 9 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 9 Mar 2007

    There is a huge social stigma attached to obesity, and employers aren’t doing enough to tackle it.That’s the finding of...

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    British Airways gives into female pilot Jessica Starmer’s flexible working request

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Mar 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Mar 2007

    British Airways (BA) has backed down after a three-year bid to prevent pilot Jessica Starmer reducing her hours by 50%....

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    Fear of fattism: are you discriminating against obese employees?

    by Personnel Today 9 Mar 2007
    by Personnel Today 9 Mar 2007

    Treating staff differently because they are overweight, or allowing colleagues to tease or victimise them, could land you in trouble. ...

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    Adult Learning Inspectorate finds room for improvement with training in the Armed Forces

    by Greg Pitcher 8 Mar 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 8 Mar 2007

    Serious “areas of concern” about the training in the Armed Forces have been highlighted by the Adult Learning Inspectorate.Its report...

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    Appeal tribunal’s ruling on working time regulations puts bus drivers’ rest breaks in doubt

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Mar 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Mar 2007

    Bus operators have been warned not to cut the time between drivers’ shifts too heavily after a court ruled that...

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    Stress and sexual health: how HR can reduce the impact of stress on employees’ sex lives

    by Sally O' Reilly 6 Mar 2007
    by Sally O' Reilly 6 Mar 2007

    Stress is having a negative impact on employees' sex lives, and even their fertility. Can HR help them get their mojo back? Sally O'Reilly finds out.

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