More than a third (37%) of HR practitioners saw an improvement in their overall absence levels last year, according to...
Wellbeing
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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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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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Confidentiality also an issue for staff undergoing fertility treatment.
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UK men drown sorrows in alcohol as workplace stress gets too much.
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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 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 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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Lords rule on asbestos compensation; Roadshows spell out noise advice; Lift firm fined 400,000
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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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Faculty welcomes back-to-work plan; Bullying guide published; Sleepless nights for stressed employees; Health and safety at work is a right
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Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians, has been named by the government as its occupational health "tsar"
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Helen Kirk and Richard Preece look at the implementation of clinical governance in occupational health