New cancer detection early evidence backs opportunity for employers to support smokers
Early results from the largest ever randomised trial for lung cancer have provided new evidence of...
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Welsh e-cigarette ban could solve workplace dilemma, says law firm
Banning e-cigarettes in enclosed spaces will help to clarify an area that has sparked rows in workplaces across the UK say Wolters Kluwer’s HR and Health & Safety experts Croner.
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Will you support ‘Stoptober’ and help your employees quit smoking?
Leading employers are supporting this year’s Stoptober quit smoking campaign because smoking...
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Every smoker clocks up 136 hours of lost productive time a year
Smoking breaks and additional sick leave are costing UK businesses £8.7 billion in lost...
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Should employers allow e-cigarettes in the workplace?
E-cigarettes are battery powered devices designed to replicate smoking behaviour without the use...
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Smokers cost companies £4,000 more to employ annually
A new study, published in the journal, Tobacco Control, has claimed that smokers cost...
Read MoreSmoking ban maybe be extended to workplace entrances
An ambitious new strategy will halve the number of smokers, from 21 to 10 per cent of the population by 2020, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham announced today. The number of people smoking has fallen by a quarter in...
Read MoreCase Study: Managing Attendance in East Sussex
How the East Sussex County Council overhauled its absence management programme, by Leatham Green, Assistant Director for Personnel and Training
Read MoreWellness at Work
Stephen Bevan and Michelle Mahdon of the The Work Foundation argue that employers need to go beyond thinking about work and health in the context of either sickness absence or health promotion in the workplace.
Read MoreEasy steps ‘can help workplace relaxation’
Simple ways to relax during a small break can help to reduce workplace stress, an expert has suggested.Corinne Sweet, psychologist, self-help author and agony aunt, claimed that some people believe they do not have enough time...
Read MoreEmployees urged to take reading breaks
British employees are being urged to take reading breaks instead of cigarette breaks as part of a new campaign to improve health and wellbeing at work.The Adopt a Book scheme, run by The Book People and the National Literacy...
Read MoreSmoking ban has made “the world of difference” to workers
Almost exactly a year since the imposition of the smoking ban in England, a trade body has commended its success.According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the ban has worked because the law was backed by strong and simple...
Read MoreSmoking ban has improved workplaces, staff say
The smoking ban, which came into effect in England on July 1st 2007, has had a positive effect on workplaces, employees have said.According to a poll conducted by Monster, 62 per cent of staff members claimed that the ban has...
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