Is it too hot to work?
Google queries asking whether it is legally too hot to work have increased by over 3000 percent in the UK.
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9 out of 10 UK office workers lose productivity due to unsatisfying office temperatures
Are you feeling the chill?
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Zee Hussain: Employee complaints during a heatwave – and how to deal with them
The current heatwave has resulted in a rise in complaints amongst staff about working conditions. Do they have a point? Zee Hussain, Partner and Head of the Employment at Colemans-ctts, offers some guidance to employers on employee rights during soaring temperatures, in the form of responses to some of the most common employee complaints.
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MPs call for workers to be sent home when temperatures reach 30C
A group of MPs have tabled an Early Day Motion calling for workers to be sent home if the...
Read MorePublic sector workers ‘less likely to pull sickie’
Absence management for HR staff in the public sector may be an easier task than for those working for private businesses, it has been suggested. According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), public sector employees are less...
Read MoreEmployers get the facts on fit notes
People off work sick will get the support they need to get back to work earlier, as new guidance is launched this week. The introduction of the fit note, in place of the traditional sick note, is set to cut the cost of sick...
Read MoreSnow causes absence management problems for HR
With snow now covering much of the UK and the freezing temperatures set to continue until mid-January, according to the Met Office, HR staff could have an absence management problem on their hands. As a result, one sector...
Read MoreBlue Monday for sick days
More than a third of all workplace absenteeism in the UK occurs on a Monday, new research has revealed – which could present HR departments with an absence management dilemma.The study by Mercer has revealed that the first...
Read MoreHealth and safety at work ‘should be flexible’
Workplaces in the UK are being encouraged to make sure their approach to health and safety is flexible when looking to manage staff who may have underlying health conditions.The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health...
Read MoreCounty Council implements absence management
East Sussex County Council has introduced a new absence management service which commences today (October 1st).The council has employed the services of FirstCare to provide the day one absence management initiative led by...
Read MoreCIPD: Coaching costs on the up despite the economic downturn
An increasing number of employers are using coaching for their training and development, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) shows. The finding comes despite tighter training budgets and was...
Read MoreCutting NHS workforce ‘is suicide’
A recent recommendation that the NHS should cut its workforce by ten per cent – which could result in an increase in redundancies – has been branded “political suicide” by one sector commentator. The...
Read MoreHealth and safety ‘more pressing than environment’
Maintaining a healthy workforce is a more pressing issue to many UK small businesses than combating environmental waste, a new report has found. The study, commissioned by the UK200 group for the Forum of Private Business,...
Read MoreCould sick note be replaced by well note?
Sickness among employees in the workplace may escalate if plans to replace the traditional ‘sick note’ with a well note’ are given the go-ahead, it has been suggested. Thompsons Solicitors claims that the...
Read MoreTate employee sues over workplace temperature
An employee of the Tate Modern art gallery in London is to sue the institution for compensation over occupational health claims. Elizabeth Andrews, who was a gallery supervisor, has alleged that she was moved to a cold area to...
Read More‘Common sense needed’ in health at work
A degree of common sense is needed from employers in order to maintain health at work during the current heat wave, it has been suggested.According to a spokesperson from the Institute For Employment Studies (IES), to ensure...
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