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4 Thinking Traps Around Cancer At Work
9th June 2017Posted:
In the work I do supporting those dealing with cancer in the workplace, how people communicate with those affected is a challenge that raises its head time and again. Of course as a line manager there are formal discussions that need to take place, but amongst and around that, it is often those more informal,… [Read More]
Cancer Coaching Community
24th May 2017Posted:
Working With Cancer’s founder, Barbara Wilson, is also a founding member of the Cancer Coaching Community, which launched last month. Read more here about the CCC and the support we provide to all people affected by cancer.
Did you know the Equality Act 2010 protects students as well as employees?
2nd May 2017Posted:
As a Solicitor for almost 20 years specialising in employment law, encountering litigation in respect of cancer in the work place was rare. Disability, yes, on a daily basis, from physical to mental disability but never cancer as a disability. Having looked at the statistics for people being diagnosed with cancer this seems almost impossible… [Read More]
Cancer at Work: An Interview with Barbara Wilson
28th April 2017Posted:
Read Barbara Wilson’s interview with the Harley Street Concierge Blog in the first in a series of articles about Cancer in the Workplace. Barbara discusses a variety of topics including her personal experience of breast cancer; how companies could improve their support for employees and what you should do if you’re feeling unsupported at work Read the full article here
Working After Cancer – series of one-day workshops
14th April 2017Posted:
We are running a series of one-day workshops this year for the Lymphoma Association in partnership with Shine Cancer Support. The first workshop was held in Southampton in March. The second workshop will be held in Manchester on Wednesday 7th June with two more planned this year in Newcastle and London. If you would be interested in… [Read More]
Top tips on how to support a colleague during and after cancer treatment
22nd March 2017Posted:
Cancer is having a huge impact within the workplace and this will continue and increase for the foreseeable future. Although long-term absence[1] (lasting over four weeks) only accounts for 5% of all absence episodes, it typically accounts for 30–40% of total working time lost. In 2013 it was estimated to cost the UK £4bn per… [Read More]
Working together towards recovery
9th March 2017Posted:
For International Women’s Day Barbara was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph for their special supplement on Diversity in the Workplace. Read Daily Telegraph article here (PDF)
Cancer in The Workplace Report: Role of Coaching
10th February 2017Posted:
Last year Barbara Wilson contributed to a project run by the Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by Bristol Myers Squibb, about Cancer in the Workplace. The report concludes that there is significant room for improvement in company policies and practices to strengthen workplace support for those affected by cancer and those steps are: improving access to… [Read More]
Q&A at Trekstock
5th January 2017Posted:
Barbara Wilson visited Trekstock’s offices in Covent Garden just before Christmas to answer a wide variety of questions about how to manage work and cancer successfully. Watch the video below. https://www.facebook.com/trekstock/videos/1269101939815700/
Managing the performance of people affected by cancer
6th December 2016Posted:
Here are a couple of case studies to get you thinking: can you spot what the employers should have done differently in the two case studies below? Case 1: A friend of mine, relatively new in a senior role, was diagnosed with cancer. Keen to keep on working during her chemo and with no real… [Read More]
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