... --> Health Sickness Work Paul BellabyAshgateISBN 0 7546 1041 1£37.50 Keywords Health, Sickness, Work This book attempts to shift the emphasis from current concerns about individual behaviour and its health effects to an understanding of the social factors that shape both...

...John Muir The cost to industry of all sickness absence has been estimated at half a billion working days a year. Within this total some absences can be pinpointed to specific causes. Conditions like bronchitis and backache are well‐known and account for substantial parts of the overall scene...

... to accumulate and be tackled as and when there are spare resources elsewhere. Since the abolition of doctors′ certificates to cover short‐term sickness the employer has had to rely on employee self certification for the first week of absence. This has certainly made it easier for the employee who intends...