December/January 2018/2019 (vol. 15/4)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

17 million people pp03

News

Illness and injury at work pp04-05

FOHN up and running pp05

Burned out Europe pp05

Tea-breaker poll: an unhealthy tomorrow? pp06-07

Exposure limits pp07

Workplace Health 2019 pp07

OH careers pp07

Disability employment gap pp08

Shop workers at sharp end pp08-09

Asbestos training pp09

Nursing code pp10

Whiplash law will disadvantage workers pp10

Asthma guideline pp10

Legal News

Fatal-crash bus driver pp11

Knowledge and impact of disability pp12-14

Tribunal fees back on agenda pp14-15

Asbestos sentence pp14

Vibration fine for BA pp15

IR35 rules will apply to private sector pp15

Leave for bereaved parents pp15

Features

TfL’s Drug and Alcohol Assessment and Treatment Service, part 1 pp16-20

Part 1: assessment, treatment and return to work

What makes a fibre hazardous to health? pp21-26

The asbestos origins of the fibre length threshold and its verification with nanotechnology

Asthma at work, part 2 pp27-32 CPD

Part 2: diagnosis of occupational asthma

Expert Witness: Job references pp33-35

Avoiding the pitfalls, especially where health is an issue

Research Digest

What predicts musculoskeletal pain at work? pp36-37

Work factors predict absence pp37-38

Solvents deplete semen pp38

Mental health first aid pp38-39

Carpal tunnel release pp39

Keep in touch pp39-40

Sick notes pp40

Doctors at risk of burning out pp40-41

Features

Personal Learning Zone in this issue pp43 CPD