April/May 2018 (vol. 14/6)

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Inside this issue

Leader Article

Global thinking pp03

News

Tea-breaker poll: Should the HSE produce guidance on recommended levels of OH provision? pp04-05

Not the last of the MoHaWk pp05-06

Taylor-made employment rights pp06

Dublin hosts ICOH congress pp06-07

Employment tribunals pp07

Health tech divides opinion pp08

Asbestos medicals pp09

Neurodiversity pp09

ISO 45001 pp10

Robotics pp10

HEP B vaccine pp10

Pregnancy discrimination pp10

Legal News

Was dismissal pregnancy related? pp11-12

Knowledge of disability pp12-16

Features

Survey: Long-term sickness absence: a biopsychosocial survey, part 1 pp15-26

Part 1: establishing the ‘real’ causes of long-term sickness absence and its contribution to lost working time

Back pain at work, part 2 pp27-30

Part 2: case management

Back in the GDPR: The General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Bill pp31-37 CPD

Research Digest

Newton’s third law at work pp38

Obesity in healthcare pp38

A blow for bad spirometry pp38-39

Lighting up pp39

Long working hours pp39-40

Mental health RTW pp40

Health barriers for young workers pp40-41

Fairness at work pp41

Features

Personal Learning Zone in this issue pp43 CPD