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Stress is one of the main causes of absenteeism in the EU

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union
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  • April 21 2008

One in four European employees is suffering from work-related stress; job insecurity and pressure of work being two of the main contributory factors

Swine flu what should you be doing?

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 19 2009

In recent weeks we have been contacted by an increasing number of clients with questions about the employment law implications of the current swine flu pandemic

Sick notes to be replaced by ‘Fit Notes' from 6 April 2010

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 31 2010

From 6 April 2010, the sick note an employee currently has to obtain from his GP if he is absent from work for eight days or more will be replaced by a new "Statement of Fitness for Work" medical statement (known as a "Fit Note") in the form below

Europe-wide concern about workplace stress

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 14 2010

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has published a document entitled the 'European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks' which reveals that although four out of five European managers are concerned about work-related stress issues, less than a third of employers have procedures in place to deal with stress

Unions aggressively target health care industry

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2010

Earlier this year, the Bureau of Labor indicated that "the healthcare industry is not heavily unionized."

Swine flu: surviving the pandemic

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 11 2009

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA), an employer has a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of his employees

Arizona legislature helps clear the smoke created by Arizona Medical Marijuana Act

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2011

In March, we blogged about the new Arizona Medical Marijuana Act and the confusion the new law was sure to create for Arizona employers who have employees who are medical marijuana users

GPs to lose role in long-term sickness management?

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 22 2011

Every employer believes, whether it has any actual experience of the matter or not, that GPs are too willing to sign people off sick

Winter blues or feeling SAD?

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 6 2012

Christmas has been and gone, there’s a hole in my bank account, a few extra pounds around my middle and I’ve failed to keep any of my New Year’s resolutions

Additional recordkeeping under GINA?

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2012

On Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a final rule which mandates that employers retain workplace records so that the agency is able to ensure compliance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act’s (GINA) prohibition of employment discrimination based on a worker’s genetic information

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