Jonny Harrison is sailing to Australia from the UK via the Panama Canal before he starts work in Sydney on a secondment at his firm PricewaterhouseCoopers »
Andrew Hebden is Assistant Editor (Business) of The Journal »
Katie Pringle has started her own business, Rock, Paper, Scissors »
Andrew Mernin is the Digital Journalist for nebusiness »
Matthew Rippon is an IP lawyer for BHP Law »
Formerly editor of a national business lifestyle magazine, Jez Davison is a business writer for the Evening Gazette in Teesside »
Ross Smith, Head of Policy and Research at the North-East Chamber of Commerce »
Julian Christopher from Footprint Public Relations, on media and marketing »
Norma Foster from the North East Regional Portal writes about e-business »
Ian Brown, Northumberland farmer and businessman writes about the agricultural industry »
Accessibilty Champion Steve Wilkinson on the importance of inclusion »
Andrea Wilkinson of Shared Interest is visiting Rwanda to deliver business training »
Jonathan Wheatley from Stokesley-based MC Ware writes about IT matters »
Paul Williamson from Deloitte »At a time when the Government are progressing their move towards GPs providing a "well note" to indicate to employers how fit their workers are to perform work, I've just visited my GP and received a "sick note" for another two weeks.
He only had two options on the current form:
1. You need not refrain from work
2. You should refrain from work
As someone who is self-employed and whose livelihood depends on work, I'm itching to get back. But my post-op recovery is not quite complete, so my activity is on hold for another fortnight.
As anyone knows, recovering from any spell of inactivity is a gradual process, so I fully support this Government initiative.
Yes, it’s true that I am unable to switch on straight back into full time working, but surely I, and others in a similar position, are capable of doing some work, whether it be a few hours a day, or part of the job that we normally undertake, as would be indicated to our employers on a new fitness level form. It’s not a black or white situation.
Of course, this opens up the wider debate about Welfare Reform (see link www.dwp.gov.uk/welfarereform), and the opportunities and challenges this brings to getting more people into gainful employment, particularly those, like myself, who have some form of temporary or permanent disability.
- Post to:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
Nowpublic
Reddit
« Previous | Home | Next »