Wellbeing

Corporate optical care covers a huge array of obligations, regulations, employee benefits and policy decisions. Here are 10 tips to...

HR news and analysis including: The potential for an increase in sickness absence, post-recession The HR response to the proposed...

Systematic reviews can have a role in forming guidelines for practice in occupational health, explains Diane Haddock.

Life-long learning and continuing professional development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their...

With sickness presence costing more than absence, it is imperative employers focus on employees' health and wellbeing in the workforce. Nic Paton reports.

The new Statement of Fitness for Work will put more demands on OH practitioners, leaving room for employee grievances. But remember, GP recommendations are not binding, write Linda Goldman and Joan Lewis.

As the retail sector turns to technology to reduce workforce and boost profit, Tom Stewart examines the ergonomics that will play a big part in employees' health and wellbeing.

A review of support offered to employees with a disability can be an effective tool in raising awareness and understanding of physical and mental health issues among staff, as Bangor University discovers. Joe Patton reports.

An alarming number of workers are not taking sufficient breaks, working in the same position for extended periods, going to...

Sickness absence levels could “creep back up again” once the economy recovers and people feel more secure in their jobs,...

Fake fit notes which claim to be “authentic looking replicas” of the genuine forms are being circulated for as little...

The recession has led to the lowest sickness absence levels on record, but is still costing business £16.8bn a year,...

On the ground research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has revealed that many workers are putting their eyesight at risk by not...

Employees working at Sellafield, the nuclear reprocessing plant in west Cumbria, were locked in earlier today after a gunman opened...

Absence is pretty easy to get your head around but, according to think-tank The Work Foundation, HR also needs to...