We are now rapidly approaching the end of the calendar year and the team at Occupational Health Assessment Limited would like to extend our season’s greetings to all our clients and professional contacts for the festive period ahead. But before we close for the year, we would like to conclude with a couple of housekeeping […]
2025 has seen Occupational Health Assessment Limited deliver on our commitment to four quarterly webinars. These events have covered a wide range of employment, Human Resources (HR), employment law and wellbeing themes. The webinars have been very well received by the hundreds of delegates who have attended our events. Indeed, it has been a year
The Christmas shutdown & UK employers Occupational Health Assessment Limited have delivered a wide range of virtual and face-to-face events throughout 2025. This series culminated in our December webinar timed to follow The Budget and to consider the continued challenges of the government’s access to work scheme. Yet our last event also provided some other
Our research highlights increased health and wellbeing challenges for older employees. Research undertaken by Occupational Health Assessment Limited in September suggests that UK employers remain largely unprepared for the realities of an ageing workforce. The recently published Keep Britain Working final report confirmed that the UK “is getting older and living longer and becoming sicker
Join Occupational Health Assessment Limited for our latest fun, informative and engaging HR & Employment Webinar (2nd December 2025). Our final webinar of the calendar year will update attendees on the key Budget decisions, the Keep Britain Working review, and the Employment Rights Act as well as other important and topical workforce issues. Our
£24k award over £50 Bluetooth headset A chef with dyslexia who repeatedly struggled to read on-screen orders has been awarded £24,000 from his employer after a tribunal found a failure to make reasonable adjustments. The case concerned Greene King Retail Services Limited who employed the kitchen chef from 15th September to 23rd November 2023 at
Much has been written about the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace and what this might mean for Human Resources (HR) teams. So, what is the current position on AI in HR? CIPD research Let’s start with some recent research. The CIPD’s “Good Work Index” published in June included a short section on
CIPD report indicates absence rates continue to rise The 2010s witnessed a decline in employee absence rates. Yet the current decade has seen sharp increases, and a report this week by the CIPD has confirmed that employee absence rates continue to rise following the Covid pandemic years. The findings The CIPD Health and Wellbeing at
The population pyramid The demographics of the UK working population are in flux. Indeed, the workforce is changing shape. On a physical level the UK population has grown heavier in recent years. This increases the risk of health issues for the individual citizen and by extension increased problems for the National Health Service (NHS). But
£230k tribunal award The recent employment tribunal of Mrs Kelly Ruddock and The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust has resulted in total payments of more than £230k awarded to the claimant. The hearing also provides some important lessons for employers in other sectors to consider. Background This hearing centres on the challenges faced by a
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