February/March 2012 (vol. 08/5)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Positive action pp3

News

HIV-Positive workers pp4-5

OH clinical governance pp5

Health and safety review pp6

Flu plan for UK pp6-7

Mental health ignored pp7

Unhealthy progress pp7

Absence minded pp8

Black–Frost report pp8-9

GPs’ attitudes to the fit note pp8

Fit notes engage employees pp9

BOHRF closure pp10

The business case pp10-11

Revalidation pp11

Violence against lone nurses pp12

Health at work pledge pp12

Legal News

Offshore working time pp13

Employment tribunals pp13

Holiday pay for sick workers pp13-15

Unfair dismissal law changes pp15

Record compensation pp15-16

Compulsory retirement pp16

Features

Presenteeism and workplace health pp17-19

Making the case for a validated ‘presenteeism index’

Working after cancer pp20-23

A personal account

Full circle on managing absence pp24-27

Recommendations on sickness absence – have we seen it all before?

Fit notes can never be ‘fit for purpose’ pp28-29

The role of the GP in absence certification and return to work

Assessing the impact of journals pp30-33

A review of journals in the field of respiratory research, in the context of industrial occupational health

Features

Expert Witness: Mental health at work, Part 2 pp34-35

Part 2: disability discrimination

Research Digest

Colt research pp37-38

HIV and fitness for military service pp38-39

Return to work pp39

Research Plus

Aspirin: no impact on cancer mortality pp40

Early intervention pp40-41

Weight-loss programmes pp40

Common mental health conditions pp40

Unhealthy behaviour in hospital workers pp40

Age and surgical performance pp40

Blunt suture needles pp40

OSH training pp41

Flu vaccine uptake pp41

Infectious disease job matrix pp41