Cover -- Occupational Health: A Practical Guide for Managers -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Organisational and legal considerations -- The changing nature of work -- Factors driving change -- Demographic considerations -- Types of organisation and the organisational structure -- Organisational culture -- Contractual arrangements -- The role of the personnel function -- Status and scope -- Championing the case for good occupationalhealth practice -- Team selection -- Recruitment and selection -- Training and development -- Health and safety legislation -- Chapter 2: An introduction to occupational health -- History of occupational health -- Employer initiatives -- Employee initiatives -- Government initiatives -- Occupational health today -- Who has it? -- Reasons for occupational health provision -- Type of occupational health provision -- Use of health professionals -- Role of occupational health -- Occupational health activities -- Setting up an occupational health service -- Confidentiality -- Chapter 3: The organisational health plan -- Introduction -- Developing the health plan -- Assessment -- The draft health plan -- Personnel selection procedures -- Summary -- Training -- Management training -- Training to manage stress -- Training to manage change -- A model health policy -- Introduction -- Selection procedures -- Training -- Appraisal -- Organisational style and structure -- Special health-related policies -- A checklist of organisational/departmental health -- Part II -- Chapter 4: Mental health and illness at work -- Introduction -- Mental health/ill health -- Cause of stress at work -- Individual factors -- Factors in the workplace.

Developing a policy for promotion and maintenance of mental health -- Recognising work which is inherently stressful -- Recognising organisational cultures and structureswhich may be unhealthy -- Detecting organisational problems -- Managing stress -- Managing change -- Employee support -- Personnel policies -- Mental illness in the workplace -- Schizophrenic psychosis -- Manic-depressive psychosis -- Anxiety states -- Alcohol misuse -- Drug misuse -- Conclusion -- A policy for mental health -- Introduction -- Causes of stress at work -- Organisation structure and outline -- Communications -- Training of staff -- Staff appraisal -- Health education -- Sickness absence -- Counselling -- Problem-solving -- Change -- Rest and holiday breaks -- Shiftwork -- Conclusion -- A policy for dealing with misuse of alcohol -- Introduction -- The policy -- A procedure for dealing with misuse of alcohol -- Aims of this procedure -- Identifying an alcohol problem -- Stages to be followed -- Contents of stress management workshop -- Chapter 5: AIDS and employment -- Introduction -- Clinical considerations -- Developing a policy for HIV/AIDS -- Who has policies? -- Reasons for developing a policy -- Contents of the policy -- Avoiding the risk -- HIV antibody testing -- Insurance -- Legal considerations -- Recruitment of individuals with HIV/AIDS -- Dismissal of employees with HIV/AIDS -- Testing for HIV antibodies -- Hostility from colleagues -- Customer pressure -- Conclusion -- A sample policy on AIDS/HIV-infected health care workers -- Section 1 Management of infected health care workers -- Section 2 Patient notification -- Chapter 6: Sickness absence -- Introduction -- Demography -- Controlling absence -- Contract terms -- Sick pay schemes -- Disciplinary procedures -- Sickness absence policies -- Early retirement on the grounds of ill health -- Recruitment checks.

Sickness absence statistics -- Occupational health -- Disciplinary action and dismissal -- Long-term absence -- Obtaining medical advice -- Consultation -- Intermittent persistent absence -- Malingering -- Use of medical certificates -- Conclusion -- A policy for managing sickness absence -- Introduction -- Staff records -- General principles -- Do not delay in taking appropriate action -- Categories of sickness absence -- Rehabilitation -- Alternative work -- Ill health retirement -- Dismissal on the grounds of incapability -- Advice -- Chapter 7: Smoking in the workplace -- Introduction -- Legal considerations -- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 -- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)Regulations 1992 -- Management of Health and Safety at WorkRegulations 1992 -- Providing an atmosphere free from tobacco smoke -- Development of a smoking policy -- Preparing for action -- Conclusion -- Introductory letter -- Questionnaire on smoking at work -- Summary of results of questionnaire on smoking -- A smoking policy -- A manager's manual on smoking policy -- Introduction -- Policy -- Responsibility -- Genera -- Chapter 8: Health promotion in the workplace -- Introduction -- The business case for health promotion -- The moral case for health promotion -- Workplace initiatives -- Scope for workplace initiatives -- Education and screening -- Lung cancer -- Colonic cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Breast cancer -- Action plan -- Assessing health promotion needs -- Defining target areas -- Obtaining advice -- Developing a programme -- Resource implications -- A sample health promotion initiative -- Future activities -- Part III -- Chapter 9: The employment of people with disabilities -- Introduction -- The business case for employing people with disabilities -- Matching ability to job -- Disability awareness -- Legal considerations.

The Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958 -- The Companies Act 1985 -- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 -- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 -- The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)Regulations 1992 -- Employment service initiatives -- The disability symbol -- Current legislative developments -- Conclusion -- A policy on the employment of people withdis abilities -- Objectives -- Consultation -- Responsibilities -- Good practices -- Chapter 10: The employment of women -- Introduction -- Legislation -- The Equal Pay Act -- The Sex Discrimination Act -- The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act -- Health and safety -- Chemical hazards -- Physical hazards -- Microbiological hazards -- Reducing the risk -- Family-friendly policies -- Training and development -- Conclusion -- Part IV -- Chapter: 11The use of display screen equipment -- Introduction -- Scope of the regulations -- Requirements of the regulations -- Regulation 2-Analysis of workstation andrisk reduction -- Regulation 3-Timing of risk assessment and reduction -- Regulation 4-Daily work and breaks -- Regulation 5-Eye and eyesight testing -- Regulation 6-Training for users -- Regulation 7-Information for users -- Assessing the workstation -- Factors to consider in risk assessment -- Arrangements for risk reduction -- Health issues -- Effects on the eyes -- Fatigue and stress -- Radiation -- Facial dermatitis -- Pregnancy -- Epilepsy -- Work-related upper limb disorder -- Training -- Eye and eyesight tests -- Conclusion -- Risk assessment form for VDU Workstation -- A chair-purchasing policy -- Introduction -- Time frame -- Minimum requirements for chairs used at workstations -- The recommended chairs -- Ordering of chairs -- A policy on eye tests for users of display screen equipment -- Introduction -- The policy.

Manager's responsibility -- A policy on the implementation of the displayscreen equipment regulations 1992 -- Introduction -- Risk assessment (Regulation 2) -- Eyesight tests (Regulation 5) -- Provision of training (Regulation 6) -- Information -- Health -- Manager's responsibilities -- Appendix 1 -- Chapter 12: Manual handling of loads -- Introduction -- Legislation -- Assessment -- Preliminary assessment -- Full assessment -- Reducing the risk of injury -- Task and workplace design -- The load -- The environment -- Individual capability -- Information and training -- Record keeping -- Continuing activities -- Conclusion -- The load -- The task -- The person -- Lifting aids -- Personal protective equipment -- The Workstation/environment -- The load -- The task -- The person -- The workstation/environment -- Maintenance -- Safe working procedures -- Education and training -- Monitoring -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Useful addresses -- General -- Mental health -- Smoking -- AIDS/HIV -- Health promotion -- Disabilities -- Women and employment -- Employees and their environment -- Index.