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

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • 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

New wage and benefit requirements for employees at SFO and LAX

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2009

As of May 31, 2009 airlines operating out of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) must adhere to rigorous health care requirements, with respect to their employees, as set forth by the amended San Francisco Health Care Accountability Ordinance (HCAO

EU-wide smoking ban

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 9 2008

Vladimir Spidla, the EU Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner, has announced his intention to introduce an EU-wide smoking ban

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

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

Breaches of a contractual disciplinary procedure may lead to damages

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 18 2010

A claim for damages resulting from breaches of a contractual disciplinary procedure can succeed, the Court of Appeal has held in Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2010

When is depression a disability? EAT guidance on how to approach the issue

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 6 2010

In 2009 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence estimated that 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK because of work-related mental health conditions including stress, depression and anxiety at an annual cost to UK employers of more than £28 billion

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."