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How to protect your eyes in the digital age – expert in eye and vision science

In an era where screens dominate our daily lives, a silent epidemic is sweeping the globe. Digital eye strain, a condition once relegated to the fringes of occupational health concerns, has emerged as a significant public health issue affecting millions worldwide. As our reliance on digital devices for work, education…

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Welfare cuts won’t succeed without healthier jobs

The UK could be poised to cut billions of pounds from its welfare spend as the Treasury takes the view that there is less room for manoeuvre in the finances than hoped. Only last October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves believed she had almost £10 billion of so-called “fiscal headroom”, essentially a…

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£7,000 Awarded to Woman Pressured by Employer To Attend Meetings While Recovering from Hysterectomy

A woman has been awarded over £7,000 in compensation following an employment tribunal decision that her employer unintentionally humiliated her while she was recovering from a hysterectomy.

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A two-way street: Mental health can’t be ignored during work injury recovery

Discussions about mental health in the workplace have surged lately, driven by growing awareness of its impact on employee and organizational success. As occupational health researchers, these discussions have helped us shed light on the precursors and consequences of mental health challenges.

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Gig platform workers need better health and well-being protections

The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation have all significantly impacted the occupational health and safety field.

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Victoria's OHS sentencing to be put under microscope

Penalties for occupational health and safety offences in Victoria will be examined for the first time in 20 years.

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Occupational Health Allowance extended to outsourced sanitation workers in Andhra Pradesh; park workers excluded

Government extends ₹6,000 OHA to UGD, sanitation & malaria workers in AP.

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The impact of work on well-being: 6 factors that will affect the future of work and health inequalities

Work has long been considered a social determinant of health. Like housing, education, income security and other matters of economic and social policy, work can be a key factor in creating, maintaining or exacerbating unequal health outcomes across different societal groups.

The Conversation

A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how?

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put…

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Latus buys out Citation Group's occupational health businesses

200-strong team formed with Hull, Manchester and Leicester presence

Birmingham Post

Occupational health and wellbeing specialist PAM Group to create 100 jobs

PAM Group has been backed by private equity firm LDC since 2021

Birmingham Post

Experts say Qatar can lead Gulf on protections for workers against heat stress

(Refiles May 9 story to add dropped words in quote in eighth paragraph)

Reuters

Rust production company to pay $100,000 fine over Halyna Hutchins shooting

The production company behind the film Rust has agreed to pay a fine of 100,000 US dollars following the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Evening Standard

Latus back where it all began as it gears up for major growth

Chanterlands return for occupational health team as it taps into tech to take business to next level

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Imagine the Principality Stadium filled six times - that's the number of economically inactive people in Wales

Over the last year Wales been responsible for more than 20% of the total net rise in the economic inactive for the UK as whole

Birmingham Post

The huge number of economically inactive in Wales would fill the Principality Stadium more than six times

Imagine the Principality Stadium brimming to its capacity with 74,500 passionate rugby fans. It’s a lot of people, but a quick bit of arithmetic here, times that by 6.5. You should have arrived at a figure - rounded down - of 484,000. So what, you m

Bristol Post

Disabled man 'trapped' in flat with no kitchen or bathroom access has been waiting three years for suitable housing

“I’ve begged in tears and nothing has been done about it.”

Birmingham Post

People on the move: Key North East appointments and promotions of the week

Firms announcing new arrivals and promotions this week include Hay & Kilner, NPH Group and Parkdean Resorts

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Aged care company charged after outbreak

A Victorian aged care provider has been charged with breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act following a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

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Charges over fatal COVID aged care cluster

WorkSafe Victoria has charged St Basil's Homes For The Aged with nine breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act over its COVID-19 management.

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