Employee Counselling Today: Volume 3 Issue 2

EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR STRESS ON THE JOB

Jill Earnshaw, Cary L. Cooper

Discusses the development of employer liability from its origins inliability for work‐connected physical injury, through liability forwork‐related physical injury/illness…

WORKAHOLISM

Paul Thorne

Discusses the nature and evolution of workaholism, and how itdiffers from other addictions. The characteristics of work to thosepeople who have the opportunity to be workaholics…

WORKPLACE MUTUAL AID AND SELF‐HELP: INVALUABLE RESOURCES FOR EAPs

Nan Van Den Bergh

This article describes the significance of mutual aid and self‐helpgroups for employee assistance programmes (EAPs). In an era of dwindlingresources, groups can be valuable…

MIDLAND CAREER SERVICES

Catherine Green

As emphasis in career management and development is moving fromlong‐term career planning controlled by the organisation to individuallycontrolled career development, employees…

PHOBIAS

Harold Fisher

Examines the nature and extent of phobias in the UK. The symptomsof agoraphobia in particular are detailed, and the attitudes ofnon‐sufferers, general practitioners and employers…

SPECIALIST RESOURCES IN THE UK

Details the symptoms of the two types of migraine: common migraineand classical migraine. How migraine affects the lives of sufferers,their friends and relatives is discussed…

EARS AND EYES: VIDEO REVIEWS: STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

Penny Burrows

This issue looks at training videos in the area of stress and stress management, and six videos are reviewed.