HR advice from the Professionals

This advice has come from our resident herbalist, Julie Osbourne.

Swine Flu is a virus that is expected to infect 1 in 3 of us.  As with all flu’s they spread more readily in autumn and winter.  There are things you can do to help prevent the severity of this Flu if you catch it

One of the ways to boost your immune system by improving your antioxidant potential.  Antioxidants are made up of vitamins A, C and E plus beta carotene which are the precursor of vitamin A.  This can be done by the following:

• Eating lots of fresh fruit in particular mangos, citrus fruit, kiwi fruit, melon, and berries.
• Eating lots of fresh vegetables, especially sweet potatoes, carrots, peas , broccoli, pumpkin, cabbage.
• Eating meat and oily fish (tuna, mackerel, salmon) twice a week and increasing your intake of nuts and seeds.

It is also important to make sure you drink plenty of water, get enough sleep and exercise.

The Herbs for Swine Flu are Echinachea, Garlic, and Thyme, which all have an antiviral action.  You can take these herbs in the form of a herbal tincture or tea, or even adding garlic and thyme to your cooking.

www.herbalista.co.uk

With constant developments in the media regarding Swine Flu, we have produced a document for employers, which provides general guidance and practical suggestions for managing Swine Flu within businesses.

We hope you find this helpful when making preparations within your organisation.

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The Government are proposing to allow employees to sign themselves off sick for up to 14 days, double the current limit. The Department of health have put forward the proposals to try and contain the spread of swine flu.

There are concerns that there will be wide spread abuse of the system, however the proposals are only suggested to last for a period of 6 months.

It is imperative that companies think through their business continuity plans, should Swine Flu continue to spread at the current rate.

Any attendance at work policy should add some help to managing any abuse of the new system.

Welcome to the third edition of Gravitate HR’s quarterly newsletter. Each edition will detail up and coming legal changes, implications for your organisation and Gravitate HR case studies.

We hope you enjoy the summer period and hopefully some summer sunshine.

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