The offence of misconduct in public office carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, according to the Crown Prosecution Service website.
Johnson lied and engaged in criminal conduct when he repeatedly claimed during the 2016 EU referendum that the UK sent £350m a week to Brussels, lawyers for a 29-year-old businessman who has launched the prosecution bid told a court last week.
WHO Redefines Burnout As A ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress At Work
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The World Health Organization is bringing attention to the problem of work-related stress. The group announced this week that it is updating its definition of burnout in the new version of its handbook of diseases, the International Classification of Diseases — ICD-11 —which will go into effect in January 2022
The new definition calls it a “syndrome” and specifically ties burnout to “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, WHO does not classify the problem as a medical condition. It calls burnout an “occupational phenomenon” and includes it in a chapter on “factors influencing health status or contact with health services.”
According to WHO, burnout is characterized by “feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and reduced professional efficacy.”
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