Am I the only one wondering if the Aon survey on smoking and obesity sickness absense reveals more about the biased and discriminatory attitudes...

I read Margaret Cheng's article on helping women to return to work with interest (How to..., 12 June), but, to my frustration, HR does not practise...

Union representation and greater co-operation between employment law enforcement agencies could help to protect vulnerable workers from unscrupulous...

Green paper neglects needs of employers, who are expected to provide jobs for one million incapacity benefit claimants

Reduction in absence is more attributable to the implementation of an on-site occupational health department, the training of managers in absence...

An open and committed approach is key to developing a relevant and coherent absence policy

As the private sector starts to make progress with employee absence, the public sector is still challenged by unacceptable levels

HR profession would do well to include occupational psychologists in the process of resolving problems of absence management

Bosses have traditionally regarded a sick note as being sacrosanct. But they should not be the final word on employees' ability to work, says...