Go with the flu – and stay away
You wake up and wish you hadn't. Do you ring work to let them know you're sick or do you go in, expecting brownie points for dedication to duty? Hugh Wilson on the sicknote dilemma.
Fresh battle for asbestos case workers
Jon Robins on how insurers are fighting claims of people who fear they have a cancer-related condition.
Lawyers warned against ‘compensation culture’
'Ambulance-chasing' law firms, which bring 'frivolous' personal injury claims, must behave or face government regulation, the constitutional affairs secretary warned today.
Feeling ill? Go to work
Can it be true that when you are sick going back to work can help you get better? Margaret McCartney, a family doctor, investigates.
Surge in British asbestos claims will cost billions
Insurers and employers face huge bill over next 30 years.
So you thought you were safe at home …
If the dust mites don't get you, the phthalates or geopathic stress lines might, says Ros Weaver.
Open wide, please – no, not your mouth, your wallet
In the course of their life, the average Briton can expect to spend nearly £15,000 on looking after their teeth - if they have 'gone private'. But British teeth generally are in a mess: the average Briton has lost eight of their 32 adult teeth by the time they turn 45, according to the latest Adult Dental Health Survey.
Second to none
A first-class degree does not guarantee a first-class employee, explains Oliver James.
The killer that lurks beneath
Asbestos in buildings poses the UK's biggest occupational health threat. Nick Pandya reports.