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Link between financial wellbeing and mental health strengthens
Almost a quarter of the UK’s largest listed employers have improved their performance on workplace mental health overall in the past year, and almost half now recognise the link between financial wellbeing and the mental health of their employees, according to the second annual CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark- UK 100, published this month.
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GENERAL
GUIDES
What is IOSH? IOSH or NEBOSH? Which is better? IOSH FAQs
IOSH is the world's largest health and safety membership body, that promotes best practice in health and safety in the workplace....
Published 12 Dec 2024
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GUIDES
Common hazards in the workplace - a manager's guide
A hazard is something with the potential to cause harm. Harm means physical or mental damage or injury, as well as reduced quality of life...
Published 11 Dec 2024
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NEWS
HSE publishes 2024 health and safety statistics
The HSE has published the latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain. The annual figures (2023 to 2024) include the following headlines...
Published 26 Nov 2024
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GUIDES
Mitigating the risks of MSDs in hybrid working - a manager's guide
Long gone are the days where ‘one employee equalled one designated desk’. With the way we work constantly evolving and being redefined, the requirement for...
Published 26 Nov 2024
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NEWS
Businesses urged to do more to tackle preventable tragedies
IOSH has warned that thousands of people will continue to die every year from lung cancer caused by workplace exposures if more isn’t done to...
Published 19 Nov 2024
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NEWS
HSE launches new MSD body mapping tool
The HSE has developed a body mapping tool to help workers report and discuss any musculoskeletal aches or pains that may be caused or made...
Published 18 Nov 2024
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BLOGS
Overworking – but at what cost?
Imagine this: the workday is drawing to a close. You have been working tirelessly on a project and can’t resist putting in some extra hours...
Published 7 Nov 2024
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The hierarchy of risk control - a manager's guide
Implementing control measures reduces the likelihood and consequences of injury or ill health in the workplace. But how do control measures help to reduce risk,...
Published 1 Nov 2024
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BLOGS
Humanising the statistics - why H&S isn't a numbers game
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released detailed annual statistics on work-related fatalities that, instead of solely presenting numbers, provide names, ages and other...
Published 31 Oct 2024
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
The King's speech July 2024: implications for employers
Published 23 Jul 2024
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RISK
NEWS
Why are there so many slips, trips and falls?
Statistics from across the world indicate that slips and trips are a common problem. Claire Deacon PhD, Health and Safety Trainer with International Workplace, looks...
Published 30 Aug 2023
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Why are falls from height still the highest cause of deaths?
Work at height continues to be the most common cause of fatal injury, according to the HSE’s latest statistics, published on 6 July....
Published 11 Jul 2023
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Who is responsible for safe work on your own home?
A man has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester....
Published 24 Jun 2024
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
NEWS
Water systems at risk of Legionella as heat rises
Employers and premises managers are being warned of the importance of being mindful of the impact hot weather can have on the presence of Legionella...
Published 13 Jun 2023
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NEWS
Women need to be recognised in workplace health and safety, says report
Men and women’s different working conditions and treatment by society can affect the risks both genders face at work, as well as how to assess...
Published 23 Jan 2020
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
NEWS
Training: employers need to think like employees!
Employers and employees don’t see eye-to-eye on the definition of meaningful training, and it’s creating a predicament for L&D. That’s the finding of a new...
Published 6 Jun 2023
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