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Using 'body mapping' to flag workers' ill health

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007

The technique of 'body mapping' was developed in the 1970s at Nottingham University to encourage workers to report ill-health symptoms. The employee-centred approach aids locating workplace health hazards and flagging up workers' health problems, especially musculoskeletal disorders, as Jocelyn Dorrell reports.

Site specifics: going smoke-free

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

On 1 July 2007, England will follow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in going smoke-free. An employer's main responsibility will be to ensure that no-one smokes in enclosed or substantially enclosed areas. The keys to achieving compliance are a smoke-free policy and appropriate signage. Bridget Leathley finds the best online guidance.

A workplace stop-smoking scheme

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.04.2007

A workplace stop-smoking scheme could offer more than health benefits, finds Jocelyn Dorrell, in the last of our series on the smoking legislation

Making your workplace smoke-free

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.03.2007

The countdown to smoke-free workplaces has begun. Jocelyn Dorrell talks to some organisations that have already made the switch, and finds out that time is of the essence

New smoke-free legislation for England and Wales

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007

This year will see English and Welsh workplaces finally become smoke-free zones. In the first of a series of articles on the new legislation, Jocelyn Dorrell looks at signage, shelters and penalties

Stress: preparing the way

Dr Rosemary Anderson | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006

In the second of our series on stress management, Rosemary Anderson explains how to get ready for a risk assessment.

Passive smoke, smoking, smoking ban, Drug Testing at Work, drug and alcohol misuse, sample, work-life balance

Peter Ellis | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005

Smoking, drugs and alcohol policies in the workplace revisited by health and safety consultant Peter Ellis

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