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    Absence levels fall but stress gets grip

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006

    More than a third (37%) of HR practitioners saw an improvement in their overall absence levels last year, according to...

    • HR practice
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    Short-term targets

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006

    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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    Support tax breaks for carers

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006

    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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    Line managers must learn how to deal with absence

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006

    Your report ‘HR tackling sickness absence’ (Personnel Today, 16 May) says the intervention of HR managers is more effective at...

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    Guardian editor paid £37,500 in damages for repetitive strain injury

    by dan thomas 12 Jun 2006
    by dan thomas 12 Jun 2006

    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

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    Fear for job prospects stops employees confiding in bosses over fertility treatment

    by Georgina Fuller 9 Jun 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 9 Jun 2006

    Confidentiality also an issue for staff undergoing fertility treatment.

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    Stressed out Brits hit the bottle to ease pain of workplace stress

    by Mike Berry 9 Jun 2006
    by Mike Berry 9 Jun 2006

    UK men drown sorrows in alcohol as workplace stress gets too much.

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    Sick leave costs probation service £31.6m every year

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    Sick leave in the National Probation Service is running at an average of 12.3 days a year for each member of staff, directly costing the service £31.6m a year, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO)

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    IOSH Update

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    IOSH has called for more 'worker friendly' workplaces in its response to the government's Green Paper, A New Deal for Welfare: Empowering People to Work

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    Employers braced for spate of ‘sickies’ as World Cup kicks off

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    Employers have been warned to expect a rash of 'sickies' among workers during this month's football World Cup, particularly when England is playing

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    News in brief

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    Lords rule on asbestos compensation; Roadshows spell out noise advice; Lift firm fined 400,000

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    HSE wants staff involvement in health and safety

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a consultative document on how to encourage, improve and increase worker involvement in health and safety risk management

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    News in brief

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    Faculty welcomes back-to-work plan; Bullying guide published; Sleepless nights for stressed employees; Health and safety at work is a right

    • Wellbeing
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    Government appoints Carol Black as OH ‘tsar’

    by Nic Paton 8 Jun 2006
    by Nic Paton 8 Jun 2006

    Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians, has been named by the government as its occupational health "tsar"

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    Looking at the whole picture

    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Jun 2006

    Helen Kirk and Richard Preece look at the implementation of clinical governance in occupational health

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