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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Covidmas: the importance of the office party
With the global pandemic set to cancel traditional office Christmas parties this year, 72% of respondents to a new survey agree that festive fun enables...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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RISK
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Exodus of EU workers highlights need to train UK employees
The latest ONS labour market statistics, published earlier this week, have highlighted a dramatic fall in the number of EU-born citizens in employment. ...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Is the Building Safety Bill fit for purpose?
Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, has commented that the government’s new building safety proposals are “full of...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Amazon's Panorama box monitors staff’s compliance with COVID-19 rules
Amazon has developed a new system designed to enable companies to detect when staff are not following Coronavirus rules....
Published 2 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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First guide to understanding and enhancing social value published
The BSI has published the first standard addressing the concept of social value. ...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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New scheme to measure actual energy use of offices
A new scheme for rating the operational energy efficiency of UK offices, NABERS UK, has been launched. It will play a vital role in bridging...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Shop workers given bodycams after abuse escalates
Some retail workers are being asked to wear bodycams, following high numbers of incidents in which workers have been spat on or coughed at during...
Published 2 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Draft Building Safety Bill – room for improvement?
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report setting out its recommendations to the government on the draft Building Safety Bill. ...
Published 1 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Intrusive technology at work on the rise during pandemic
The TUC has launched a new taskforce to look at the “creeping role” of artificial intelligence (AI) in managing people at work....
Published 1 Dec 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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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RISK
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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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RISK
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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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