Wellbeing

An insurance worker has won compensation from her employer after she tripped and fell over a pile of accident claim forms.

Drug-abusing workers cost the US economy more than $250bn (£143bn) each year, including about 500 million lost working days. The...

Government announces two-tier system for incapacity benefit assessments.

Subsidised gym membership is one of the most common perks organisations offer to employees. But are there any alternatives for fitness-savvy employers? Julie Hill finds out

An employer who failed to instruct a worker on how to perform a relatively simple task, telling her only to...

So employers spend an average of £97 per employee each year on health and wellbeing.

Pensions minister John Hutton will announce changes to the incapacity benefit system today.

Work-related stress is a major cause of diabetes and heart disease

Sickness absence in the Civil Service fell by an average of one day per person in 2004, with 40% of staff taking no sick leave at all, according to the latest government figures

The NHS could soon be overwhelmed by growing numbers of patients suffering from lung disease, a study has warned

Disability Act expansion; Responsibility gap; Workload worries; Smoker job ban is legal

The government-backed pilot scheme into alternatives to the Med 3 GP sicknote will not lead to responsibility for sick leave certification suddenly being handed over to OH nurses, according to a doctor leading the pilots

Occupational health services will be at the heart of the debate over the future direction of workplace health in this country, the government has said

A government-backed OH advisory service for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) is due to be up and running from next month [February]

More than half the people suffering from age-related hearing loss fail to tell their employers for fear of losing their job or status, or because they don't believe their employer will be able to help