August/September 2011 (vol. 08/2)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Legal representation pp3

News

190 million lost days pp4-5

Managing presenteeism pp5

UK needs good work pp5

Health benefits survey pp6

Neglect of older workers pp6-7

SEQOHS awards pp7

Fatalities at work pp7

SOM to widen its membership pp8

Supporting workers with multiple sclerosis pp8-9

Wales tackles mental health stigma pp8

Mental health in the armed forces pp9

Disabled people need better access to work pp9

NHS Plus network pp9

Flu vaccine for NHS staff pp10

Modern workplaces pp10

Data sharing code pp10

Legal News

‘Unfit for work’ is a management decision pp11-12

Joint and several liability pp12

Employment Tribunals pp12

Why the whole is greater than the sum of its parts By Nick Hanning pp13-14

No discrimination protection for ‘Paid Volunteer’ pp14

Corporate Manslaughter pp14

UK attempts to derail pregnant workers directive pp15

Non working time has specific meaning for mobile workers pp15

Features

The safer alternative pp16-21

Safety-engineered medical devices can help prevent needlestick injuries

Violence at work, Part 2 pp22-24

Part 2: risk management strategies

OH professional practice, Part 2 pp25-33

Part 2: skills, decision-making, advice, information and professional development

A holistic approach to stress and wellbeing, Part 3 pp34-35

Part 3: combined effects of job characteristics on stress and other outcomes

Expert Witness: Pregnancy, maternity and IVF pp36-37

How the law protects women at work

Research Digest

Daytime television – the health risks pp38

Job retention pp38-39

Return to work pp39-40

Barriers to work pp40

Sleep, work and depression pp40-41

Presenteeism has long term impact pp41

Sick note training pp41

Research Plus

Occupational asthma interventions pp42

Work stress and CVD pp42

Carpal tunnel syndrome pp42

Differentiating occupational asthma pp42

Shift work and body weight pp42

No link to low back pain pp42

e-CBT for chronic back pain pp42-43

Anxiety disorders pp43

Work-focused back pain counselling pp43

Bright light can help shift workers pp43