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U.K. Government Tackles “Sicknote Culture” in Bid to Boost Employment

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looks to the future of work, addressing the challenges posed by rising mental health-related absences and the perceived over-medicalization of minor mental health issues will be a challenge in ensuring a thriving and productive workforce. The post U.K.

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From NFL Superstar to Neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle Believes Small Steps Make for Big Gains

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The Tennessee Titans selected him in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft—but only after Rolle became a Rhodes Scholar, which allowed him to study medical anthropology at Oxford for the 2009-2010 academic year. Rolle left the NFL after three years, and says he’s lucky that he was healthy enough to study medicine.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. His online journal. His autobiography, Life Itself.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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For example, in France, Carrefour will grant 12 days of additional leave per year to women who suffer from endometriosis, 3 days of authorized medical absence following a miscarriage, and an additional one for women undergoing an embryo transfer procedure. L’Oréal has also introduced miscarriage and endometriosis leave.

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. HPTI) in Reston, Virginia, has been awarded the 2010 Stevie® Award for Support Staffer of the Year.

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Menopause gift bags and monitoring toilet breaks: why are employers getting menopause support so wrong?

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This means that there is no legal obligation for employers to support employees going through the menopause unless the effects on a particular employee are so severe that they meet the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or they constitute a health and safety concern.

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Don't Put Off Shredding

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or medical information about you should be shredded.   Originally posted 2010-08-11 10:28:00. (this includes credit card offers). Additionally, anything with legal. Right now: 
. If you haven’t gone through today’s. mail, look at it now and see if you can find something that needs. Then shred it!