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The Constructing Better Health pilot aimed to raise awareness of occupational health issues within the construction industry, as well as to test out a model of delivery so that learning points could be used in the design of any national scheme. The pilot was carried out in Leicestershire from October 2005 to June 2006. This report investigates both the process and the impact of the pilot.
This report presents the results of 60 interviews with maintenance workers (including electricians, joiners/carpenters, plumbers/heating engineers, and painters/decorators) who discuss their attitudes towards, knowledge about, and behaviour around, asbestos. The research found that there are a range of issues affecting how likely an individual is to behave safely around asbestos.
This report presents the findings of a research project aimed at exploring the impact of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Cascading Messages Through Others Campaign. This initiative was launched in 2002, and is designed to educate and inform dutyholders and responsible others regarding the Duty to Manage Asbestos Regulations (regulation four of the 'Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAWR) 2002') in non-domestic premises. The campaign aims to pass on information to organisations via HSE partners, who have been encouraged to put on training events for dutyholders with the support of HSE-designed training materials and activities.
In 2006, Acas commissioned a qualitative study exploring the experiences and views of employees who had been involved in sexual orientation and religion or belief employment tribunal cases. This document provides a summary of that research. An over-arching summary is presented followed by findings which draw out the particular experiences of the two groups of claimants.
This report by Loudhouse for Adecco, with advisory input from IES, investigates attitudes and opinions towards the workplace today, looking at employee issues, such as motivation and workforce attrition, whilst also addressing the role of workforce management and human resources at a strategic level.
Is your organisation losing its key people? Do you know why, and what might have persuaded them to stay? Are you confident that you can identify your key people and explain what makes them key? Do you know what motivates them, and why they might be looking elsewhere for job satisfaction? This paper aims to help you answer these questions and profiles different kinds of key people, for a practical and strategic approach.
Workplace Health Connect (WHC) was a confidential service designed to give free, practical advice on workplace health, safety and return to work issues, to smaller businesses (with 5 to 250 workers) in England and Wales. This progress report was commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to evaluate the first eight months of the service. This publication is no longer available.
This report reviews the literature on mental health issues at work and the interventions available to tackle them, in order to provide some guidance to help employers deal with the issues within their own companies. This report outlines the benefits of taking a more positive approach to tackling mental health issues, going beyond complying with legislation, towards promoting mental well-being at work.
To what extent is it employers' responsibility to look after their employees? What is the best approach to take and what benefits are they likely to see? This report seeks to answer these questions by presenting a case study of one organisation currently involved in health promotion activities. British Gas Business, part of Centrica, has been running a series of activities to promote health and well-being amongst its workforce for a number of years.
With the Lords ruling allowing employees to sue their bosses for negligence if they are subject to violence or harassment at work, IES questioned whether UK employers were facing a potential glut of litigation in the courts from distressed employees. Our evidence showed that the UK had a very poor record in comparison to most core EU countries on violence and intimidation in the workplace, although it had cleaned up its act to a degree since the very violent 1990s.
