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Why Employee Wellbeing Should Be Your Business Priority
Employee wellbeing has moved from a nice-to-have benefit to a business essential. Organisations that ignore this shift do so at their own risk. The numbers tell a clear story. According to recent research, the m...
Statutory Sick Pay Reforms: What Employers Need to Know (and How to Prepare Now)
From April 2026, significant reforms to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will come into force under the Employment Rights Bill. While the Bill is still making its way through Parliament, the Government’s official road...
What is an Occupational Health Physician?
Risks are part of running any business. An important area of risk is employee health. Such risks can potentially have a major impact, whether from ill health or from litigation, both civil and criminal. What are...
What are Night Worker health assessments and why are they necessary?
The Working Time Directive Regulations 1998 require employers to identify those employees who work long hours or shift patterns. Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, employers are required to ensure that wo...
Employee Engagement with Occupational Health
What can an employer do when employees don’t engage with occupational health? This can take the form of refusing to attend statutory health surveillance or any occupational health appointment. We also somet...
Why someone might be restricted following a safety critical medical
Introduction If you have employees who operate machinery and work at height or in another safety-critical area, then you have a responsibility under Health & Safety law to ensure that they are medically fit to d...
