Hi Amanda
You may find this helpful and could refer the HR manager to the advice which
is avilable from his organisation!.
Graham
http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/health/occpnhlth/occhealth.htm
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From: "Amanda Savage" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] OH Practice - PLEASE can someone help??
I have a query regarding Occupational Health Practice.
My HR Manager is trying to say that as the HR Manager it is up to him how I
practice.
I have tried to be diplomatic & said yes I’ll be happy to discuss different
ways
that the department can assist HR and management to manage employees but
he is insistent that ‘the OH team is the managers tool’ and ‘should be on
the
side of the managers’ as ‘we pay your wages’.
This is becoming very difficult as I see my role (as per code of practice)
very
much as giving impartial health advice to support both managers and
employees but he stopped self referrals to OH in February and on Friday he
said ‘OH are there to support managers only, if employees want support they
can go to their own GPs’. This attitude is destroying a lot of hard work and
goodwill we have built up over the past 4 years (Sickness absence has gone
from 13-7 during this time).
I don’t know what to do to help to see the bigger picture and I don’t want
to
compromise my professional position.
Please can you help or point me in the right direction?
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OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES:
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CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS
http://OHJobs.drmaze.net
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION
http://www.aohne.org.uk
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OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES:
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CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS
http://OHJobs.drmaze.net
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION
http://www.aohne.org.uk
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