February/March 2021 (vol. 17/5)

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Inside this issue

Leader Article

Why work when you are ill? pp03

News

Tea-breaker poll: COVID-19 vaccination pp04-05

OH appointments pp05

Chronic fatigue pp05

Obesity stigmatisation pp06

WHO activity guidelines pp06

Age diversity at work pp06-07

Hand–arm vibration syndrome pp07

COVID inequality at work pp08

Long COVID pp08

Green book pp09

Vaccine priority pp09

Mental and financial health pp09

PPE stockpiling pp09-10

Shielders can be furloughed pp10

Legal News

Gig workers should be protected pp11-13

Huge HAVS fines pp13

Fume and fluids fine pp13

Features

Positive psychology at work – part 1 pp14-17

Part 1: happiness in challenging times

Long COVID and its implications at work pp18-24 CPD

The OH implications of post-COVID syndrome

Mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover. Business resilience Part 4 pp25-31

Part 4 in our series on business resilience

Life and work, part-1 pp32-35

An ‘exposomic’ view on occupational health

Expert Witness: Covid-19: a legal Q&A pp36-38

Answers to key OH legal questions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccinations

Research Digest

Lateral flow tests pp39

COVID contamination pp40

COVID-19 PPE pp40-41

Household transmission pp41

Depression RTW pp41

Flu vaccines and COVID pp41-42

Pandemic mental health pp42

Features

PERSONAL LEARNING ZONE pp43 CPD