August/September 2016 (vol. 13/2)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

What have the Romans ever done for us? pp3

News

Gross negligence pp4

EU data regulation pp4

Queen’s birthday honours pp5

Queen’s birthday honours pp5

Tea-breaker poll: impact of brexit on OH pp5

Older workers in the EU pp5

E-cigarettes pp6

Seven days is too short pp6-7

28 days is too long pp7

Working with arthritis pp7

Positive presenteeism pp8

Re cycling to work pp8-9

OHS management pp8

Australasian ethics pp8

EMF regulations pp9

Longer working lives pp9

Legal News

Acas code not applicable in ill-health dismissal, John Ballard pp10

Sharps and needlesticks pp10-11

No failure to make adjustments, Emily Yeardley pp11-13

H&S consultant prosecuted pp13

Toxic fumes fine pp13

Features

Meet the practitioner: Dr Matt Perry pp14-15

MRI – assessing the risks pp16-18

Working with magnetic resonance imaging: occupational exposures, the EMF Regulations and effects on staff.

Survey: OH pay and benefits 2016, Part 1 pp19-25

Part 1 of our survey of pay and benefits of OH nurses, OH physicians and occupational hygienists

Resilience in the workplace pp26-29

Has the shift in responsibility gone too far?

Nutrition at work pp30-36

Nutrition interventions in workplace health programmes: a literature review

Brexit – what next for OH law? pp37-38

What the UK’s EU referendum decision might mean for occupational health law

Research Digest

Mental health support pp39

HBV and HCV risk pp39

Research Plus

Colour vision testing pp40

Personalised online interventions promote weight loss pp40

No breast cancer link to engine exhaust at work pp40

Soldiers’ suicide risk pp40

Can complex work help prevent cognitive decline? pp40

Workplace mindfulness pp41

Ischaemic heart disease – psychosocial risks pp41

PTSD risk for terror attack rescue workers pp41

Bullying associated with sickness absence pp41

Very early interventions to reduce sick leave pp41