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Fair Post Placement Occupational Health Assessments.
Occupational Health Blog How to Manage Recruitment Health Questions Fairly. Here at the Occupational Health Business Ltd we are often asked about recruitment and how to ensure applicants with health conditions are managed fairly under The Equality Act 2010. Are you...
Update Your Absence Management Policy-5 Key Actions
Occupational Health Blog Do you have an absence management policy which just isn't working for you? Here are 5 key actions to ensure you completely update your policy. 1. Find out what employee sickness is costing you. Look at the costs and the on costs of both long...
Are your Managers causing stress? How to introduce the stress risk assessment.
Occupational Health Blog. What do I do when it's the Managers who are causing employees to feel stressed? Such an interesting question..... I was asked for advice the other day the other day by a HR manager trying to tackle the ever growing stress issues within the...
There is a better way to manage sickness absence.
As an Occupational Health Nurse for over 30 years it’s interesting to reflect on how the management of sickness absence has changed over that time…or has it? Traditionally HR and Managers have deferred to GP opinion on whether their employee can return to work and...
Use your sick pay scheme to return employees back to work not stay at home.
The times they are a changing... There is now a move to look at wellbeing initiatives in the workplace to improve bottom line figures. No longer are employers relying on NHS timescales to fix their employees and bring them back to work. Now there is a move to pay for...