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When an employee tries to mask their mental health condition using physical ailments

by Anna Denton | Jul 25, 2019 | Disability discrimination, Employment Tribunal, Equality Act, Mental health

It is not uncommon for an employer to have an employee presenting with physical ailments when really underlying the position is a mental health condition.  An employer can worry about the extent to which they are going to be found liable for disability...

Guest Blog: Does reliance on the Bradford Factor result in lazy management?

by Anna Denton | Jul 2, 2018 | Absence management

Jean Fisher RGN OHNC is the Director of The Occupational Health Business Ltd. In this era where mental health is supposed to be at the forefront of an organisation’s agenda, why is such a punitive tool like the Bradford Factor still being used? In my 30 years’...
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