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New regulator sets out strategic plan for building safety
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its first three-year strategic plan, establishing a vision to create a built environment where everyone is competent and...
Published 4 Dec 2023
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Call for clearer reporting of workplace accidents
The Access Industry Forum (AIF), the forum that represents the principal work at height trade associations and federations, is calling for clearer reporting of workplace...
Published 4 Dec 2023
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IWFM highlights “megatrends” in FM industry
IWFM has highlighted the importance of ensuring employees have the necessary training and resources to work effectively in new research....
Published 4 Dec 2023
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Film set health and safety is akin to a construction site
Film industry figures are calling for health and safety to be made a priority to avoid any more lives being put at risk, the BBC...
Published 28 Nov 2023
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3.7 million workers suffer work-limiting health conditions
New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals that 3.7 million people (12% of the working age population) are currently in work and reporting a ‘work-limiting’...
Published 28 Nov 2023
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Self-driving vehicles: MPs welcome new Bill
The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s positive response to its calls for new legislation for self-driving vehicles, but says its ‘safety ambition’, for the...
Published 28 Nov 2023
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Time to tackle “plague” of work accidents and ill health
New IOSH President Stuart Hughes is calling on the profession to challenge itself to develop new ways of tackling the “unacceptably high” number of work-related...
Published 22 Nov 2023
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HSE publishes annual work-related ill health and injury statistics for 2022/23
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today published its annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries, revealing that nearly two million workers...
Published 22 Nov 2023
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Back to Work Plan: will sanctions make health worse?
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride have unveiled their Back to Work Plan – a package of employment-focused...
Published 22 Nov 2023
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68% of workers do not feel safe in their workplace
Nearly a quarter of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite....
Published 19 Jan 2021
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Anxiety is on the increase, but mental health support is lacking
Sixty-eight percent of employees have felt anxious and apprehensive about returning to work, while 35% report their mental health is worse now compared to before...
Published 23 Sept 2020
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Workplace first aid kits: what should be in them?
The contents of your workplace first aid kit should be guided by your first aid needs assessment. This should take into account the level of...
Published 16 Jan 2019
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Walking from bed to desk is commuting, German court rules
A German worker who had an accident while walking from his bed to his computer when he was working from home was officially commuting, a...
Published 2 Mar 2022
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Asbestos in schools: an inspector calls
The HSE will be carrying out a programme of inspections of primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales from October 2023 onwards to...
Published 25 Sept 2023
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‘Ethical veganism’ now a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
A judge in a UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that being vegan, for ethical reasons, amounts to a ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by...
Published 8 Jan 2020
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