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Half of work related illness is down to stress, depression or anxiety

Workplace Insight

Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health in 2022/23, according the latest annual statistical report from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive. There were an estimated 875,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2022/23. The statistics reveal that 1.8

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Hefty fine for Amazon has implications for employee surveillance policy

Workplace Insight

Weighing up the interests of the employer against the interests of its employees led the regulator to deem that such data processing had no legal basis and was therefore in contravention of GDPR law. A parliamentary select committee heard in 2022 that employees could be fired if that had three productivity flags on the company’s systems.

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Employers Beware: There Are Rising Legal Risks Of Rigid RTO Policies

Allwork

The insistence of employers on a full return to the office, without considering individual circumstances, could lead to a surge in legal issues — particularly discrimination claims. Are employers walking into a legal storm by enforcing rigid return-to-office (RTO) mandates?

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Members of European Parliament back charter to ‘revolutionise workplace wellbeing’

Workplace Insight

Under the Charter, MEPs are calling to modernise Europe’s policy approach to workplace wellbeing by focusing on solutions across four themes: (1) life beyond work, (2) social connection, (3) privacy and trust, and (4) digital wellness.

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A Single Disaster Kills 40% Of Businesses — Stop Putting Off Contingency Planning

Allwork

The potential damage that these disruptive events can inflict on an organization should inspire proactive planning — including everything from updating insurance policies to preparing a migration strategy and shoring up cyber security. Defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, the most widely referenced legal dictionary in the U.S.,

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