June/July 2016 (vol. 13/1)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Clutching at straws pp3

News

Healthy workplaces pp4

Pregnancy discrimination pp4-5

NICE workplace health pp5

HSE chair pp5

Society should wake up to sleep problems pp5

Prescribed disease changes pp6-7

Northern Ireland pp6

Back pain management pp6

Offshore first aid pp6

Occupational Zika guidance pp7

Autism guide pp7

Legal News

Pulling sickie was gross misconduct pp8

Imputed knowledge pp8-10

Employer slips up on PPE pp10-11

Letter

Letter: Fitness to attend a disciplinary pp12

Features

A 2020 vision for OH pp13-17

The Council for Work and Health’s second report on OH workforce planning

Biopsychosocial medicine at work pp18-20

A presenter’s view from the 2016 ALAMA spring conference

OH nurses and revalidation pp21-24

A practical experience

Germanwings air crash investigation pp25-30

Implications for the assessment of pilots’ mental health

Publishing your research pp31-35

How to get your occupational health research published in a peer-reviewed journal

Expert Witness: Vicarious liability pp36-38

How can you be liable when it isn't your fault?

Research Digest

Fairness at work pp39

Resilience training pp39

Prospects up in smoke pp39

Research Plus

PPE used against highly infectious diseases pp40

Measures to reduce time spent sitting at work pp40

Organisational change and wellbeing pp40

Mind your back pp40

Workplace interventions for depression and anxiety pp40-41

Nightshift nurses at greater risk of heart disease pp41

Psychosocial factors predict early retirement pp41

Impact of multisite pain on work ability pp41

Re-employment for people with mental health problems pp41