The presumption that doctors will sort out absence management problems is "a cop out" by employers who should be doing more to tackle the issue, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).
Wellbeing
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All pain – no gain. If employees' mental health problems are ignored, organisations will end up paying the price, so Ross Bentley finds out what you can and should do to help employees with a mental illness
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Ensure your people and business are protected by carrying out a thorough risk assessment.
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Research has uncovered the damaging effects of redundancy on older workers.
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Hundreds of employers offer wellbeing incentives such as gym membership or healthy canteen options, but what difference do these make ifthe culture is already rotten? Sally O’Reilly finds out
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Deepcut barracks inquiry leads to independent complaints commissioner for military personnel and their families
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryAn independent complaints body is to be set up for military personnel and their relatives.
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Tony Blair admits to concern over Lords ruling on asbestos compensation.
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NHS employees take twice as many sick days a year than private sector workers, official figures have revealed.A survey of...
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Size is the real reason behind public sector absence levels
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Short-term targets…The majority (81%) of HR practitioners said reducing short-term absence was the top priority for 2006-07, according to the...
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Giving tax breaks to carers should be a no-brainer. It works for childcare, so why shouldn’t it work for eldercare?...
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Your report ‘HR tackling sickness absence’ (Personnel Today, 16 May) says the intervention of HR managers is more effective at...
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Employer support for working parents has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, allowing staff to better balance work...
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More than a third (37%) of HR practitioners saw an improvement in their overall absence levels last year, according to...
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A night editor at the Guardian who was forced to leave the newspaper after she was refused access to the company physiotherapist despite developing severe elbow pain has been paid £37,500 in damages