Wellbeing

This week: Apathy, or something like that

BT workers have lost 10 tonnes of weight since the telecoms giant launched the UK's biggest workplace health campaign last September.

The government has warned businesses that fail to comply with health and safety law they 'will feel the heat' from the Health and Safety Executive

Legislation that will make it a specific criminal offence to assault an emergency services worker has passed its crucial second reading in parliament.

OH professionals need to get over their fear of working with OH technicians if they are to fully grasp the opportunities being presented to them by the government's workplace heath reforms

Diana Kloss explains the technical legal basis for duty of confidence, and when it can be legitimately overridden

More than one-quarter of obese and overweight people do not want to lose weight and many more are unaware of the benefits a healthy lifestyle brings

Preparation for the pandemic that is likely to result when bird-flu jumps the species barrier is sorely lacking, writes Sally O'Reilly

Businesses remain worryingly complacent about the potential business risks from a bird flu pandemic and are not making contingency plans...

How occupational health practitioners can assist employees with lower back pain to return to work

The  government’s ambitious plans for reforming workplace health lack cohesion and are unlikely to have any effect unless the various...

IOSH 06 takes place at the ExCel Centre, London on 13-14 March.

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) genuinely want to improve their health and safety but perceived costs, business pressures and other...

Employers warned of perils of sending staff to danger zones
Employers must think more carefully about sending staff to dangerous...

The City of London police force said it had improved job satisfaction, staff morale and the overall health of its workforce since introducing an anti-stress initiative in 2003.