newsCharity urges employers to become hearing loss confident
Charity Action on Hearing Loss has published a new report which reveals that almost one in three businesses would not feel confident employing someone with hearing loss.
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productCutting the MSK misery
A unique new partnership between babylon and HCML is set to ease the pain of back, neck and muscle problems which strip 31 million working days from the UK economy.
productAnti-fatigue mats
Sometimes one size doesn’t fit all. Anti-fatigue mats are nearly always supplied in a limited choice of sizes, meaning you must fit around them, rather than the mats fitting around how you work.
productProtect the world with good hand hygiene
Poor hand hygiene is a worldwide problem. The only way to halt the spread of an infection or viral outbreak, such as norovirus and influenza, is by washing hands with soap under warm running water.
newsUK sickness absence costing £23.5bn a year
A new report sets out a plan to reform the sickness benefits system to make it fit for modern health conditions. This comes ahead of the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation; ‘Work, health and disability: improving lives’ on Friday.
newsConcern for mobilising system ‘failings’ at London fire brigade control room
Members taking emergency calls at the London Fire Brigade Control Room are suffering stress and anxiety caused by failings in the Vision mobilising system says GMB Southern.
articleProtecting workers’ hearing in four simple steps
Simon Field, a technical specialist at science-based technology company 3M, offers some sound advice for protecting workers against hazardous noises.
articleFatigue at work – how the right PPE can help
Clair Weston, marketing manager at UVEX (UK) examines why fatigue at work – whether physical, mental, or emotional – can be a killer.
articleWellbeing from the feet up…
UK country manager, Martin Stevens, explains how Ejendals is adding value to its Footstop pressure mapping service in a bid to deliver wellbeing messages to customers’ employees.
newsWorkplace absence costs UK economy £18bn per year
A new report shows that workplace absence is costing the UK economy £18billion in lost productivity. This is part of an increasing trend that has seen workplace absence increase year-on-year since 2011 – having previously been on a downward trend since 1993. As a result, the report predicts that the cost of absence will increase to £21bn in 2020, and increase to £26bn in 2030.
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